Teachings
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 The certainty of death
Overcoming our denial around death helps us to make our lives more meaningful.
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Meditating on emptiness: The four point analysis, pa...
Using the four point analysis to meditate on the emptiness of persons and phenomena.
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Chapter 1: Verses 27-32
Looking at how grasping at a truly existent I causes problems and binds us to…
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Making wise choices in life
How our actions have effects on ourselves and others, and how to make wise decisions…
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Dr. Russell Kolts Meeting ourselves with compassion
Dr. Russell Kolts shares on his path towards the practice of compassion, and how psychology…
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The kindness of our enemies
Expanding on our motivation to learn to see our enemies as having been kind to…
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The kindness of others
A motivation turns into a talk on appreciating the kindness of all sentient beings, without…
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Opening our heart through generosity
The motivation of true generosity, the different ways to practice giving and the inner obstacles…
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Mind and motivation
The annual young adult program begins with teachings on the nature of mind and rebirth,…
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Creating the causes for happiness
How the long-term view of creating causes for our future happiness helps us to be…
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Meditating on emptiness: The four point analysis, pa...
How to recognize the object of negation, the inherently existent self, and analyze whether it…
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Chapter 1: Verses 25-26
A correct understanding of emptiness leads to developing wisdom, while misunderstanding emptiness leads to a…
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