Volume 2 The Foundation of Buddhist Practice
Teachings on the four seals, reliable cognition, relating to a spiritual mentor, dying and rebirth, and karma.
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The Foundation of Buddhist Practice
Volume 2 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion describes the bedrock of Buddhist practice — essential topics that help us to stay focused on what is essential as we establish a flourishing Dharma practice.
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The Foundation of Buddhist Practice (2018-20)
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The Foundation of Buddhist Practice (Australia 2019)
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Saying goodbye to our spiritual teachers
How to rely on a spiritual mentor and continue to practice well after they pass…
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Saying goodbye to our spiritual teachers
How to choose and rely on a spiritual mentor and cultivate the qualities of a…
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The Foundation of Buddhist Practice
An overview of and short reading from "The Foundation of Buddhist Practice," Volume 2 of…
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The path of the initial level practitioner
Teaching the concluding sections, covering "A Deeper Perspective on Causality" and 'The Path of the…
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The complexity of karma
Explaining accounts of karmic events that can be difficult to comprehend and describing the causes…
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Creating our future
Continuing the teaching on purifying destructive karma and explaining how we can make wise decisions…
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Purifying destructive karma
Teaching how to purify past destructive karma by practicing the four opponent powers: regret, antidote,…
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Imperceptible forms
Explaining imperceptible form, why different tenet schools describe that differently and describing the combinations of…
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Intention karma and intended karma
Teaching on intention karma and intended karma and explaining the views of different tenet systems.
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The workings of karma
Beginning Chapter 12, covering the sections on different ways of classifying out actions.
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Venerable Thubten Jigme Review of the 10 nonvirtuous actions
Reviewing Chapter 11, describing the ten nonvirtuous actions, factors that makes karma heavy and effect…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Review of Chapter 10
Reviewing Chapter 10, discussing what is karma and the general characteristics of karma.
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