Buddhist Worldview

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

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Four Truths for the Aryas

Attributes of true dukkha: Dukkha

How to meditate on the unsatisfactory conditions that characterize our existence in samsara.

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Students and instructors from Manushi School gathered around Ven. Chodron.
The Importance of Motivation

Integrating a good motivation into our practice and ...

How to cultivate a beneficial motivation for spiritual practice and life in general. Guided meditation…

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Similarities among Buddhist traditions

All Buddhist traditions have the same teacher. By learning about other traditions we can get…

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The Importance of Motivation

Overcoming the eight worldly concerns

Though it is difficult to acknowledge our problems with the eight worldly concerns, when we…

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Chapter 7: Emptiness and selflessness

Review of the four extremes of arising and teaching on the historical development of ideas…

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Chapter 7: The four extremes of arising

Getting us to question whether a thing arises from itself, other, self and other, or…

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