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 Respecting the views of others
Respecting the views and ideas of others as part of the Buddhist path.
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Realizing things as they are
If you are looking for an elephant, you need to know what an elephant looks…
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Verse 6-2: Consideration for others
Abandoning negativities out of care, affection, consideration, and an awareness of how our actions impact…
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Verse 6-1: Robes of integrity
Seeing an opportunity for non-virtue but restraining ourselves because of a sense of our own…
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The objects of different consciousnesses
Appearing objects, observed objects, apprehended objects, and referent objects.
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Verse 5-2: Creating the causes
The importance of cultivating the two sides of the path, method and wisdom, just as…
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Verse 5-1: Attaining the form buddha bodies
Planting the seeds to be able to attain the form body of the Buddha, the…
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Vesak verse: Bodhicitta on Vesak day
Celebrating the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and passing into parinirvana with a verse the cultivates a…
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Special verse: Oceans of merit
What to consider while inviting generosity, the amazing opportunity that others have to create merit…
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Verses 2-4: Review
Different ways of looking at verses 2-4, on an ordinary level and on a tantric…
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Verse 4: The sleep of ignorance
On waking up, thinking that we're coming out of ignorance, especially the ignorance grasping at…
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