emptiness
Teachings on the core of Buddhist philosophy: that persons and phenomena are ultimately empty of inherent existence because they are dependent arisings. This is the most powerful antidote that eliminates the ignorance and afflictions that give rise to suffering.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron How things exist
How understanding things exist dependently provides us freedom to act without afflictions and cultivate compassion.
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108 Verses: Verse 9
Generating compassion by seeing things as not inherently existing and changing how we act with…
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108 Verses: Verse 7
Importance of deeply looking at our sufferings and developing the motivation to overcome them for…
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108 Verses: Verses 1-6
How great compassion is central to the practice and guides the practitioners through the full…
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Rebirth, karma and emptiness
The relationship between the body and mind according to the Buddhist worldview, and an introduction…
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How to do the prostration practice
The first of three talks introducing the purification practice of making prostrations to each of…
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Dependent arising and our true nature
Dependent arising and how it acts as a reason to establish the emptiness of inherent…
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Setting the context, motivation and attitude to learn the text. Explaining the Buddhist concept of…
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How to do the Dorje Khadro practice
Introduction to the Dorje Khadro fire offering and a description and explanation of the practice.
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37 Practices: Verses 29-37
The perfections of concentration and wisdom, and the final verses on the practices of bodhisattvas.
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37 Practices: Verses 22-24
Emptiness - how everything exists by being labeled by mind, and the way we choose…
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Once you start, never stop
Bowing to anyone who creates merit and practices good conduct; a look at what hell…
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