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 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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Overcoming spiritual obstacles
How contemplating impermanence and the defects of cyclic existence helps to transform our minds.
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The four characteristics of karma
How to understand karma in the context of cyclic existence and multiple lifetimes.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Geshe Gendun Samdup Full transmission of the text
Geshe Samdup gives the full transmission of the text and answers remaining questions.
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Aspiring bodhicitta
Focusing on aspiring bodhicitta: preliminaries to its generation and its characteristics.
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Twelve links of dependent arising
Precursors to bodhicitta and twelve links of dependent arising that propel rebirth in cyclic existence.
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Bodhicitta as the entranceway to advanced scope
Investigating the practices of superior beings and the importance of bodhicitta.
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Three scopes of Dharma practitioners
The three scopes of Dharma practitioners and how to integrate the six perfections into our…
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Key lamrim topics
An introduction to topics covered in this text plus the first verse and a brief…
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The importance of understanding emptiness
Commentary on Chapter 1 of "Searching for the Self."
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