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 Antidotes to anger
How to use our understanding of karma to work with the angry mind. Verses 16-21…
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Determining to practice patience
The objects of anger and ways to work with our angry mind. Verses 8-15 of…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Meditation on the initial scope of the lamrim
A guided meditation combining all the meditations of the initial level practitioner with each topic…
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Working with anger, developing fortitude
Defining anger and its disadvantages. Commentary on Verses 1-7 of Shantideva's "Engaging in the Bodhisattva's…
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Venerable Thubten Samten Chapter 12: Quiz review part 1
Review and discussion of questions on refuting wrong views. The first part of the review…
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Understanding Buddhist traditions
Looking at the similarities and differences between traditions eliminates misconceptions and allows us to learn…
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Cultivating compassion
How Venerable Thubten Chodron came to choose the Buddhist path, and the reasons for cultivating…
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Verse 92: The basis of good and evil
How our state of mind and motivation, not external circumstances, determine whether our actions are…
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Quiz: Aryadeva’s 400 Stanzas, Chapter 12
Quiz questions for a review of chapter 12 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle…
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The bodhisattva precepts: Part 3 and the six perfect...
The Bodhisattva precepts on the ethical conduct of benefiting others. The importance of practicing the…
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Chapter 16: Verses 395-400
The final refutations of true existence and the completion of the commentary on Aryadeva's 400…
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Inner peace, world peace
How freeing the mind from destructive emotions can change the world.
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