Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path
A framework for the modern reader starting with the universal human wish for happiness and the nature of the mind.
All Posts in Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path
Venerable Thubten Chodron Checking our meditation experiences
Finishing Chapter 10, covering sections "Checking Our Meditation Experiences" and "Signs of Progress" and beginning…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal 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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Venerable Thubten Jampa 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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Gradual progress and cultivating bodhicitta
Covering the sections "Gradual Progress" and "Cultivating Bodhicitta" from Chapter 11, where the Dalai Lama…
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Willingness to undergo hardship
Finishing Chapter 11, by covering the sections “Willingness to Undergo Hardship,” “Keeping a Happy Mind,”…
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Working in the world
Beginning Chapter 12 "Working in the World," covering the sections "Good Health and Dealing with…
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Engaged Buddhism and political involvement
Continuing Chapter 12, covering the sections “Using Diverse Methods to Benefit Others” and “Engaged Buddhism…
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Consumerism and the environment
Continuing Chapter 12, covering the sections "Consumerism and the Environment," "The World of Business and…
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Science and gender equality
Covering the sections in Chapter 12, “Science” and “Gender Equality."
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Concluding teaching
Finishing Chapter 12 and concluding teaching “Approaching the Buddhist Path.”
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Review of chapters 4 and 5
Venerable Thubten Jampa reviews chapters 4 and 5 of the book “Approaching the Buddhist Path.”
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Venerable Thubten Lamsel Review of chapters 6 and 7
Venerable Thubten Lamsel reviews Chapters 6 and 7 of “Approaching the Buddhist Path".
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