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 The stages of the path within our reach in the West
How the three principal aspects of the path lead to happiness for ourselves and others.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Four virtuous practices
Practices that prevent bodhicitta from degenerating in future lives.
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Seeing things clearly
Examining conventional and ultimate existence and searching for an inherent self.
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Overcoming self-centeredness
Investigating the way self-centeredness causes problems and how to overcome it.
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Caught in the four currents
Examining the situation for all beings in cyclic existence and how bodhicitta helps.
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Suffering is a result of how we think
How seeing the world through the eyes of a victim make us unhappy.
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Venerable Thubten Damcho Higher training in ethical conduct
Questioning why we engage in ethical conduct, and reviewing the first three sections in Chapter…
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Renunciation, bodhicitta and the wisdom realizing em...
How renunciation, bodhicitta and the wisdom realizing emptiness lead to true happiness.
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Venerable Thubten Jigme 
Guided prostrations to the 35 Buddhas practice
Venerable Khadro leads participants through the Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas practice.
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The benefits of making offerings
The benefits of making offerings plus two guided meditations for accumulating merit and purification.
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Conducive conditions to develop serenity
Explaining the six essential conditions necessary for developing serenity in retreat, drawing from Indian and…
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