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 Sangye Khadro Know your mind: Direct perceivers and inferential co...
An explanation of the first two of the seven types of mind – direct perceivers…
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Know your mind: Perception and conception
The conditions that lead to a conceptual mind. The division of minds into perception and…
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Know your mind: What is the mind?
Why it’s important to understand the mind, the mind and happiness and suffering, the nature…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Auxiliary afflictions
Teaching from Chapter 3, explaining the auxiliary afflictions in the Sanskrit tradition, covering the afflictions…
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Joyfully engaging in virtue
Discussing ways to think, speak and act in order to joyfully create virtue in the…
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“Courageous Compassion”: Reading and com...
How to develop true compassion in order to benefit all sentient beings, no self-centered strings…
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Other types of afflictions
Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, describing different types of defilements, covering afflictions and underlying tendencies.
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Rejoicing in others’ qualities
Covering Verses 74-79 of Chapter 5, discussing the transformative practice of rejoicing in others' qualities,…
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Afflictive views
Teaching from Chapter 3, describing the last four afflictive views and how the afflictive views…
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Acting appropriately
Covering Verses 71 - 75 of Chapter 5, discussing practical advice about how to do…
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What is Buddha nature? – Part 2
A teaching on Buddha nature, and the methods we can learn to gradually bring about…
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Good Karma: A bodhisattva’s courage
The heroism of bodhisattvas and how to gradually train the mind to look at the…
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