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 Chapters 3-4: Verses 73-77
How our attempts to beautify the body fail to make it an appropriate object of…
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Seeking happiness from inside
What is important for one's happiness and how we operate to form a strong foundation.
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Chapter 3: Verses 64-72
Examining the foulness of the body and why there is resistance to thinking of the…
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Chapter 3: Abandoning belief in cleanliness
Recognizing the difficulties created by sensual desire and seeing the body for what it is…
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Chapters 2-3: Verses 45-52
How what is seen as pleasurable in samsara is actually a small discomfort replacing a…
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Looking at death and dealing with loss
How remembering death can make life meaningful, causing us to think about the choices we…
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Clear wishes for our final moments
Engaging in mind training throughout our lives in order to die without terror and regret.
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Daily practices for time of death
Working with the mind at the time of death and how to use an awareness…
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Dying without fear and regret
Preparing our family for our death, living wills and notifying them of spiritual commitments and…
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Chapter 2: Abandoning belief in pleasure
The unsatisfactory nature of the pleasures of cyclic existence and how they cannot bring real,…
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Emptiness does not mean nothingness
A teaching on the difference between conventional and ultimate analysis of objects in order to…
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