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 Working in the world
Beginning Chapter 12 "Working in the World," covering the sections "Good Health and Dealing with…
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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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Gradual progress and cultivating bodhicitta
Covering the sections "Gradual Progress" and "Cultivating Bodhicitta" from Chapter 11, where the Dalai Lama…
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Bhikshuni 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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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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Checking our meditation experiences
Finishing Chapter 10, covering sections "Checking Our Meditation Experiences" and "Signs of Progress" and beginning…
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Role models
Teaching from the last two sections of Chapter 9, on memorization, debate, and role models.
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Prayers, rituals, and practice
Discussing how to relate to prayer and ritual in Buddhist practice, and the three-step method…
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Faith, purification, and merit
Continuing the teaching from Chapter 9, 'Tools for the Path', exploring the ideas of faith,…
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Tools for the path
Beginning teaching Chapter 9, Tools for the Path, covering general advice to help practitioners overcome…
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Two aims and four reliances
Continuing Chapter 8 “A Systematic Approach,” covering the sections “Value of the Stages of the…
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