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 Chapter 5: Verses 405-412
Continued commentary on the auxiliary mental afflictions to be abandoned, focusing on the seven types…
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Chapter 5: Verses 401-405
By identifying the mental afflictions and how they harm others and ourselves we will be…
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The 37 harmonies with awakening, part 2
The 37 harmonies continued with explanation of the seven factors of enlightenment and the eightfold…
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Chapter 12: Verses 295-300
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches on dependent arising and emptiness, and concludes his commentary with verses…
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Chapter 10: Verses 226-228
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe starts teaching on individual refutations of the self that is put forward…
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Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa Reimagining Buddhist ethics in the world
Venerable Thubten Jampa shares the many ways that Westerners can practice ethics in their daily…
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Minor hindrances to ordination
Concluding the program with teachings on the 13 minor hindrances to ordination.
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The conditions for ordination
The different types of precepts that Buddhists take and the 13 grave hindrances that prevent…
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Pursuing true happiness
Completion of the commentary on the "Ratthapala Sutta," with verses reminding us of the impermanence…
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Ratthapala’s discourse with his family and the...
Continuation of the teaching on the "Ratthapala Sutta," on his return to visit his family…
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The “Ratthapala Sutta”
Venerable Thubten Chodron brings to life the "Ratthapala Sutta" from the Pali Canon for our…
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Precepts and the afflictions
The benefits of the precepts, focusing on how they help us with our afflictions and…
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