Deity Meditation
Teachings from annual weeklong and three-month deity meditation retreats.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Dismantling personal identity
Examining how our mind puts parts together through a conceptual process and see the object…
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Dependent arising: Causal dependence
Meditation on causal dependence as a way of becoming familiar with the concept of dependent…
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Dependent arising: Dependence on parts
Meditation on the dependence of parts as a way of becoming familiar with the concept…
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Working with the Tara sadhana
How to personalize the sadhana—and your meditation sessions—keeping it fresh during retreat.
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Causal dependence and karma
Understanding karma as related to the concept of causal dependence.
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Dependent arising: Dependent designation
The concept of dependent arising can be examined by meditating on dependent designation, or the…
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Designating labels: Rinpoches and lamas
An explanation of the use of titles in Tibetan Buddhism and how they may be…
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Developing self-acceptance
Self-acceptance comes from having compassion for ourselves, differentiating the person from the actions that we…
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The food offering
We can develop the wisdom and method sides of the path by contemplating the causes…
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Food offering: Labeling on a valid basis
In looking at the food offering we can see how things change and that we…
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Deluded thinking and labeling
There are three criteria to use to judge whether something exists conventionally, i.e., whether it…
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Mutual dependence
Examining how things arise in mutual dependence on each other is another way of understanding…
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