Library of Wisdom and Compassion
Teachings on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s commentary on the stages of the path for a Western audience.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Three questions about the self
Teaching from Chapter 1, covering “Is There a Self?” and “Is There a Beginning to…
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How to study the teachings
Commencing the teaching from "Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature" the third volume of the Library…
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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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In praise of great compassion
Interview for the Wisdom Podcast on "In Praise of Great Compassion," Volume 5 of The…
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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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