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 The Pratimoksha ethical code
Explaining the Pratimoksha ethical code, for lay practitioners and monastics, continuing the teaching from Chapter…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Review of the Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha
Leading a review of the Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha to meditate on these meaningful epithets.
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The importance of ethical conduct
Outlining the various benefits of keeping precepts and describing the eight types of precepts for…
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Bodhisattva’s refuge and ethical conduct
Explaining a bodhisattva’s refuge, from Chapter 3 and giving an overview of the three higher…
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Common guidelines and maintaining proper refuge
Explaining the common guidelines and maintaining proper refuge, teaching from Chapter 3.
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Guidelines for each of the Three Jewels
Describing the guidelines for each of the Three Jewels and the first two of the…
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Formally taking refuge
Explaining the section on formally taking refuge, and covering how to deepen our refuge by…
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Distinguishing features of the Three Jewels
Describing the distinguishing features of the Three Jewels, causal and resultant refuge, from Chapter 2…
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Recollection of the Dharma and Sangha
Explaining the qualities of the Dharma and Sangha, continuing the teaching from Chapter 2.
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Recollection of the Buddha
Completing the recollection of the Buddha and beginning the recollection of Dharma, teaching from Chapter…
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Dependent arising and emptiness
What dependent arising is and how it is compatible with realizing emptiness.
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What are we negating?
Why we need to realize emptiness and what we negate in this process.
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