Teachings

Teachings on the Buddhist worldview from introductory talks to comprehensive explanations of the stages of the path to awakening.

All Posts in Teachings

Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Mental states and situations that are troublesome, a...

Venerable Thubten Jampa reviews the sections in Chapter 3 covering mental states and situations that…

View Post
Study Buddhist Treatises Podcast

Definitions, divisions, and consequences

Venerable Thubten Lamsel leads a review on definitions, divisions, illustrations, and consequences.

View Post
Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Letting go of identities

Exploring how meditation on emptiness and bodhicitta provides a way to let go of our…

View Post
Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Ultimate and conventional truths

Exploring ultimate and conventional truths and teaching on how to avoid the two extremes of…

View Post
Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Creating the causes for happiness

Teaching on creating the causes for happiness, disadvantages of self-centered thought, and dependent arising.

View Post
Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Cultivating love and compassion, a review

Venerable Tenzin Tsepal leads a review of the section "Cultivating Love and Compassion" from Chapter…

View Post
Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

The importance of ethical conduct

Emphasizing the importance of ethical conduct to secure a precious human rebirth, and explaining the…

View Post
The Six Perfections

Day 3: Questions and answers

Discussion covering the two methods to generate bodhicitta, social engagement for monastics, mindfulness of mind,…

View Post
The Six Perfections

Diligence and concentration

Finishing the teaching on the perfection of diligence, and discussing factors for cultivating and stabilizing…

View Post
The Six Perfections

Fortitude and diligence

The fortitude of voluntarily enduring suffering, armor-like diligence, and unrelenting diligence.

View Post