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Teachings on the Buddhist worldview from introductory talks to comprehensive explanations of the stages of the path to awakening.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Chapter 5: Verses 424-433
Completion of the commentary on the 57 faults to be abandoned including how to meditate…
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Transforming adversity into joy and courage
By transforming our mental state, we can increase our confidence and courage to face the…
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Heartwarming love
The fourth step in the seven-point cause and effect instruction for generating bodhicitta. Guided metta…
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Chapter 5: Verses 413-423
Continued commentary on the 57 faults to be abandoned including the varieties of attachment.
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Finding happiness through wisdom
The three types of wisdom and how they empower us to create the causes for…
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Why do things happen?
Understanding how cause and effect operates in our lives helps us to create the causes…
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Venerable Thubten Damcho Gomchen Lamrim review: The truth of dukkha
A review of the three, eight, and six types of dukkha of beings in cyclic…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Chapter 4 review: Verses 365-398
Review of the second half of Chapter 4, on why the Mahayana teachings should be…
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Venerable Thubten Jigme “Don’t Believe Everything You Think̶...
The verses of "The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas" describe practices to transform the way we…
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Seeing all sentient beings as having been our kind m...
The first three points of the seven-point cause-and-effect instruction for generating bodhicitta. Proving rebirth through…
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The best giving
How to work with our possessiveness towards what we consider to be "mine."
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