Teachings
Teachings on the Buddhist worldview from introductory talks to comprehensive explanations of the stages of the path to awakening.
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Introduction to the Four Establishments of Mindfulness
The importance of learning the Four Establishments, an overview of them, and a meditation on…
View PostEnacting others’ welfare
Commentary on Shantideva's verses that explain how to exchange self and others.
View PostPrimordially pure awareness
Explaining the meaning of "primordially pure" and our need to interweave the understanding of emptiness…
View PostThe importance of realizing emptiness
Why emptiness is the antidote to ignorance and the path to peace.
View PostAfflictions and the nature of the mind
Explaining how the mind is different from mental factors, teaching from the next section, “Afflictive…
View PostThree levels of wisdom: Hearing, thinking, and medit...
The three wisdoms establish a foundation, refine understanding, and make the Dharma part of us.
View PostA bodhisattva’s humility
Commentary to verses on developing a bodhisattva’s joy and humility in pacifying others’ sufferings.
View PostReflection on cultivating excellent qualities
Leading a discussion on points 1-3 in the reflection at the end of the section…
View PostNo real owner of suffering
Commentary on verses about the equality of one’s own and others’ suffering.
View PostExcellent qualities can be enhanced
Explaining how it is possible to cultivate the mind’s excellent qualities limitlessly in the section…
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