ethical conduct
Teachings on ethical conduct, a fundamental Buddhist practice that is based on avoiding harmful actions and engaging in constructive actions.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Good Karma: The importance of motivation
The mental nonvirtues of coveting, malice, and wrong views.
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Good Karma: Karmic consequences of the ten nonvirtues
Why we should avoid engaging in killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct.
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Venerable Thubten Jampa Some thoughts on the practice of gratitude
As His Holiness the Dalai Lama reminds us, we become happier by becoming kinder.
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Freedom from cyclic existence
Commencing teaching from Chapter 11, describing five paths of the practitioners of sravaka vehicle.
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Transcendental dependent origination
Continuing teaching from Chapter 10, explaining the flow the transcendental dependent origination and covering faith,…
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Review of Chapter Five: “Guarding Alertness...
Review of the second half of Chapter 5 covering Shantideva's explanation of how to train…
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Taking pleasure in bad actions
Completion of the commentary on the intrusive conditions and incompatible propensities that interfere with practicing…
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Science and technology in service of society
Whatever innovations emerge in the fields of science and technology, our motivation and ethical conduct…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Know your mind: Virtuous mental factors
Explanation of the virtuous mental factors of nonattachment, nonhatred, nonconfusion, joyous effort, pliancy, conscientiousness, equanimity,…
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Know your mind: Object-ascertaining and virtuous men...
Explanation of the five object-ascertaining mental factors and the first three virtuous mental factors —faith,…
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