Teachings
Teachings on the Buddhist worldview from introductory talks to comprehensive explanations of the stages of the path to awakening.
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Karmic consequences of taking advantage of others
Examining situations when we are deceived by others and when our efforts are not successful.
View PostPernicious thoughts
Questions about karma plus verses outlining obstacles to our spiritual practice and peace of mind.
View PostThe importance of making offerings
How making offerings benefits us and how self-grasping ignorance causes afflictions to arise.
View PostKarma and the mind’s namtok
Our distorted ways of thinking and how this lead to the creation of negative karma.
View PostOvercoming spiritual obstacles
How contemplating impermanence and the defects of cyclic existence helps to transform our minds.
View PostThe four characteristics of karma
How to understand karma in the context of cyclic existence and multiple lifetimes.
View PostFull transmission of the text
Geshe Samdup gives the full transmission of the text and answers remaining questions.
View PostAspiring bodhicitta
Focusing on aspiring bodhicitta: preliminaries to its generation and its characteristics.
View PostTwelve links of dependent arising
Precursors to bodhicitta and twelve links of dependent arising that propel rebirth in cyclic existence.
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