Teachings
Teachings on the Buddhist worldview from introductory talks to comprehensive explanations of the stages of the path to awakening.
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Chapter 6: Verses 31-45
Contemplating precious human life and the third kind of patience—the patience of not retaliating
View PostReview: Advantages of bodhicitta
Reviewing the advantages of bodhicitta and the two methods for developing bodhicitta.
View PostChapter 6: Verses 22-31
Grasping at a self that doesn't exist; one's own egotistic view is one's real enemy.
View PostChapter 6: Verses 8-21
An explanation of anger as an enemy and the special quality of patience. Teaching the…
View PostChapter 6: Verses 1-7
A teaching on the harmfulness of anger and hatred; tracing the arising of anger.
View PostReview: The disadvantages of cyclic existence
Review of the six disadvantages of cyclic existence that are the result of not taking…
View PostThe four noble truths
The importance of the four noble truths and how understanding the truth of suffering prepares…
View PostReview: Karma
Review of the third of the four preliminary practices, karma. Includes review of the four…
View PostReview: Death and impermanence
Review session on the second of the four preliminary practices, the impermanence of all things…
View PostChapter 4: Verses 17-26
Transforming our motivation for daily life and the importance of creating virtue while we have…
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