death

Teachings on death from a Buddhist perspective, including preparing for death, dying peacefully, and helping the dying.

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Helping the Dying and Deceased

Practices for the deceased

Practices we can do to benefit those who have recently passed into the bardo so…

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Helping the Dying and Deceased

Helping a dying friend

How we can work with our mind, and what prayers and practices we can do…

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Healing from Gun Violence

One year after the Aurora shooting

Reflecting with compassion on the one-year anniversary of the Batman movie shooting in Colorado.

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Venerable Chodron teaching on video
Responding to Prejudice

The social impact of gun violence

Keeping a calm and compassionate mind in the wake of George Zimmerman's acquittal.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 2: Verses 39-50

Geshe Thabkhe continues teaching on the inappropriateness of seeing what is suffering as pleasure, and…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 2: Verses 26 – 35

Geshe Thabkhe responds to questions and continues teaching on Chapter 2, devoted to abandoning erroneous…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 1: Verses 17-25

Geshe Thabkhe concludes teaching on Chapter 1 on loosening our attachment to our loved ones…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 1: Verses 9-16

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe responds to questions and continues giving commentary on Verses 9 to 16,…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 1: Verses 1-8

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe begins the teachings on abandoning the belief in permanence by covering Verses…

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Cover of How to Free Your Mind.
Books

As close as a mother to her children

Lama Zopa Rinpoche shares how the practice of Tara can solve our problems.

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Dealing with Grief

On death and bereavement

How to support our loved ones through the dying process while managing our grief, and…

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Bleeding heart flowers in the Sravasti Abbey garden.
Dharma in Action

12 ways to apply compassion

A discussion of ways to apply compassion to improve areas of common concern in society.

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