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 Intoxicants and celibacy
Explaining the two precepts westerners have the most difficulty with—taking intoxicants and unwise or unkind…
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Why is the Vinaya important if things are empty?
Why ethical conduct is the foundation of compassion and how these are essential for cultivating…
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Searching for the self
Commentary on the "Sutta on a Lump of Foam" (SN 22.95) analyzing how the five…
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Benefits of practicing the Pratimoksha
Explaining the different Vinaya schools, also how the practice of Vinaya and having limits helps…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro How karma is accumulated
Identifying karma that is accumulated and how you die and are reborn.
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The Pratimoksha ethical code
Explaining the Pratimoksha ethical code, for lay practitioners and monastics, continuing the teaching from Chapter…
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Faults of the mental afflictions
The five types of afflictive views and the faults of the afflictions.
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Review of the Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha
Leading a review of the Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha to meditate on these meaningful epithets.
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Identifying attachment
Review of the lamrim outline and examining attachment and its antidotes.
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The importance of ethical conduct
Outlining the various benefits of keeping precepts and describing the eight types of precepts for…
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The sufferings of the three upper realms
How suffering manifests in the upper realms of rebirth.
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Bodhisattva’s refuge and ethical conduct
Explaining a bodhisattva’s refuge, from Chapter 3 and giving an overview of the three higher…
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