Teachings

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

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

Karmic consequences of taking advantage of others

Examining situations when we are deceived by others and when our efforts are not successful.

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

Pernicious thoughts

Questions about karma plus verses outlining obstacles to our spiritual practice and peace of mind.

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

The importance of making offerings

How making offerings benefits us and how self-grasping ignorance causes afflictions to arise.

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

Karma and the mind’s namtok

Our distorted ways of thinking and how this lead to the creation of negative karma.

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

Overcoming spiritual obstacles

How contemplating impermanence and the defects of cyclic existence helps to transform our minds.

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

The four characteristics of karma

How to understand karma in the context of cyclic existence and multiple lifetimes.

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Stages of the Path

Full transmission of the text

Geshe Samdup gives the full transmission of the text and answers remaining questions.

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Stages of the Path

Aspiring bodhicitta

Focusing on aspiring bodhicitta: preliminaries to its generation and its characteristics.

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Stages of the Path

Twelve links of dependent arising

Precursors to bodhicitta and twelve links of dependent arising that propel rebirth in cyclic existence.

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