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 (2018-20)

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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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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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Review of Chapter 10

Reviewing Chapter 10, discussing what is karma and the general characteristics of karma.

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