Buddhist Worldview

An overview of core Buddhist concepts: the four truths of the aryas, rebirth, karma, refuge, and more.

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Chapters 1-10: Review

Venerable Thubten Chodron begins the third installment of the course by reviewing the first ten…

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Karma and Your Life

What did I do to deserve this?

Karma, the cultivation of inner qualities, and how to remain positive and be a source…

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Buddhist Worldview

Disentangling our identities

Identities are useful conventions, but strongly grasping them can lead to victimhood.

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Qualities of a Spiritual Teacher

What it means to see the guru as the Buddha

More about why we can get confused with Tantra teachings and teachers and loose faith.

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Qualities of a Spiritual Teacher

Confusion within tantra

Continuing to share about teachers who use their power inappropriately and why that could happen.

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Qualities of a Spiritual Teacher

How to tell if a Buddhist teacher has the right qual...

Venerable Thubten Chodron responds to some distressed students who were following a teacher who abused…

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Buddhist Worldview

Do I really want to change?

Real change requires effort, not just an intellectual understanding of the situation.

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Ven. Tsepal teaching to group of retreatants.
Qualities of a Spiritual Teacher

Reliance on a spiritual teacher

What it means to properly rely on a spiritual mentor and benefit of reliance on…

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Venerable teaching at ILTK in Italy.
The Importance of Motivation

The power of a kind motivation

A change in our motivation makes a big difference in how we relate to others.…

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Four Truths for the Aryas

The intention to lie

The intention to deceive is present when we lie, but it's often so subtle that…

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