Teachings
Teachings on the Buddhist worldview from introductory talks to comprehensive explanations of the stages of the path to awakening.
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Benefits of practicing the Pratimoksha
Explaining the different Vinaya schools, also how the practice of Vinaya and having limits helps…
View PostHow karma is accumulated
Identifying karma that is accumulated and how you die and are reborn.
View PostThe Pratimoksha ethical code
Explaining the Pratimoksha ethical code, for lay practitioners and monastics, continuing the teaching from Chapter…
View PostFaults of the mental afflictions
The five types of afflictive views and the faults of the afflictions.
View PostReview of the Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha
Leading a review of the Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha to meditate on these meaningful epithets.
View PostIdentifying attachment
Review of the lamrim outline and examining attachment and its antidotes.
View PostThe importance of ethical conduct
Outlining the various benefits of keeping precepts and describing the eight types of precepts for…
View PostThe sufferings of the three upper realms
How suffering manifests in the upper realms of rebirth.
View PostBodhisattva’s refuge and ethical conduct
Explaining a bodhisattva’s refuge, from Chapter 3 and giving an overview of the three higher…
View PostThe five appropriated aggregates are suffering
Examining suffering to develop disenchantment with samsara.
View PostCommon guidelines and maintaining proper refuge
Explaining the common guidelines and maintaining proper refuge, teaching from Chapter 3.
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