Teachings

Teachings on the Buddhist worldview from introductory talks to comprehensive explanations of the stages of the path to awakening.

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Cover of Buddhism for Beginners.
Buddhism for Beginners

Selflessness

The problems with creating personal identities and how we benefit from questioning whether we are…

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Bodhisattva Path

Buddha’s first precious teaching

To celebrate Turning the Wheel of Dharma Day, an esteemed Tibetan lama offers a teaching…

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Parting from the Four Clingings

Practical advice on attachment and pilgrimage

Down-to-earth help for busy lives: "Practicing Dharma is all inside." From a female Tibetan Lama…

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Parting from the Four Clingings

Opportunities that counteract attachment

One of the few female Tibetan lamas offers guidance on lessening our attachment to worldly…

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Cover of Buddhism for Beginners.
Buddhism for Beginners

Impermanence and suffering

How to contemplate impermanence and suffering, the reality of our situation in samsara, and the…

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Sonam Gyatso the Third Dalai Lama
Grounds and Paths

Quiz 3: Grounds and paths

The questions for the final quiz on the grounds and paths teachings.

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Grounds and Paths

Buddhahood: Four buddha bodies

The commentary on the text draws to a close with the final section on buddhahood.…

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Thought Training

Purification

Exploring the second of the four preparations, renunciation.

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