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 three poisons
The role of self-grasping ignorance, anger, and attachment in our relationships with others.
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Changing habits through practice
Changing our habitual patterns through repeated practice, we can transform the most unpleasant circumstances into…
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Apologizing and forgiving
The meaning of forgiveness, how to let go of our anger and transform a painful…
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Ignorance and karma
How to transform the mind of "I should" and accept our karma instead of getting…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Review of Chapter 6: Part 2
Part 2 of a review of Chapter 6 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle…
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Chapter 9: Verses 205-217
Refuting views held by non-Buddhist schools and lower Buddhist schools.
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What suffering does
While people seek happiness, many feel shaped through suffering. Suffering brings us out of ourselves…
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Transforming suffering
Looking at our reactions when we face adversity, and how we can transform pain and…
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Chapter 9: Refuting permanent functional phenomena
The explanation of ultimate truths begins with verses on the refutation of true existence by…
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Eight verses of mind training: Verses 3-6
Explaining different afflictive emotions and their respective antidotes. Using difficult people and situations for our…
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Eight verses of mind training: Verse 2
Discussion on forgiving and apologizing. Seeing that cherishing others is the source of happiness and…
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Eight verses of mind training: Verse 1
Our mind creates our experience of happiness or suffering based on how we interpret the…
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