Teachings

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

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Open Heart, Clear Mind

Meditation practice

An explanation of the various kinds of Buddhist meditation, how to set up a daily…

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Connection
Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 19-2: Precious human life

Not every human life is a precious human life. Considering living beings who are so…

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Snow path with sun burst
Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 19-1: The upper realms

How a precious human life gives us just enough comfort and just enough suffering to…

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Persons, perceptions, and mental factors

The definition of "person" according to different tenet systems, and a discussion of perception, divisions…

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Meadow Path
Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 18: The exalted path

Generating positive aspirations for all sentient beings when setting out walking on a path.

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Single and different

The Sautrantika school's view of the nature of reality and the value of learning the…

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Seven-point Mind Training

Benefits of mind training

Self-centeredness is the root of all problems and conflicts. It is our true enemy, not…

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Emptiness and impermanence

A discussion about hidden and evident phenomena, emptiness and impermanence, and terms used in emptiness…

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Tenets with Geshe Dorji Damdul

Sutra school: Phenomena and cognition

Manifest and hidden phenomena, prime and subsequent cognition, and the three times according to the…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 17-3: Teaching the Dharma

Teaching the first two of four ways of gathering disciples: Being generous and speaking pleasantly.

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