Teachings

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

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Willingness to undergo hardship

Finishing Chapter 11, by covering the sections “Willingness to Undergo Hardship,” “Keeping a Happy Mind,”…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

The opening volleys

Reviewing the last two sections in Chapter 23 - “The Opening Volleys” and “Reviewing the…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Gradual progress and cultivating bodhicitta

Covering the sections "Gradual Progress" and "Cultivating Bodhicitta" from Chapter 11, where the Dalai Lama…

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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…

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Study Buddhist Treatises Podcast

Definitions, divisions, and consequences

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

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Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Letting go of identities

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

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Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Ultimate and conventional truths

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

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Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Creating the causes for happiness

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

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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…

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Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

The importance of ethical conduct

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

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