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 Looking beyond this life
Finishing Chapter 8 and beginning Chapter 9 "Looking Beyond This Life", covering sections "Gross and…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro How to prepare for death
Teaching on how to prepare ourselves for death, on the five powers, and answering questions…
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The eight worldly concerns
Teaching on how attachment to this life keeps us bound in samsara, exploring the eight…
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Nubpa Rigdzin Drak ༄༅། །ནུབ་པ་རིག་འཛིན་གྲགས་ཀྱིས་མཛད་པའི་ཞེན་པ་བཞི་བྲལ་...
Instruction on parting from the four attachments by Nubpa Rigdzin Drak (bilingual-Tibetan/English).
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Freedom from the Four Fixations
English translation of the root text containing instructions on freedom from the four fixations by…
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Parting from the Four Attachments
English translation of the root text containing instructions on parting from the four attachments by…
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The difficulty of attaining a precious human life
Continuing from Chapter 8: “The Essence of a Meaningful Life” covering the section "Rare and…
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The essence of a meaningful life
Teaching from Chapter 8: “The Essence of a Meaningful Life" covering eight freedoms and ten…
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Learning, Living, and Teaching Bodhicitta
The publication of Venerable Thubten Chodron's panel talk at The International Conference on the Life,…
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Examples illustrating rebirth
Concluding the teaching from Chapter 7 of the book “The Foundation of Buddhist Practice.” covering…
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Examples to understand rebirth
Continuing the teaching from Chapter 7 of the book “The Foundation of Buddhist Practice.” covering…
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The Buddha responds to questions about rebirth
Teaching from Chapter 7 of the book “The Foundation of Buddhist Practice.”, covering the section…
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