Deity Meditation
Teachings from annual weeklong and three-month deity meditation retreats.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Chenrezig retreat 2012 introduction
An overview of what's to come throughout this one-week Chenrezig retreat.
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Benefits of forgiveness
The benefits of forgiveness and remembering the kindness of our parents.
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Caring mind towards everyone
Questioning our reactions to others and evening out our biases by developing equanimity.
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Gratitude towards parents
Parents give incredible kindness, and even with their own cultural conditioning they do such an…
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Dismantling preconceptions
Getting rid of preconceptions and developing the confidence of a bodhisattva.
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Investigating happiness
Looking at different types of happiness and asking what it really is and what it…
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Ethical behavior and happiness
How happiness is connected to ethical conduct, and the four kinds of happiness of a…
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Three types of dukkha
Learning about the three types of suffering and their causes, and overcoming them.
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Cultivating satisfaction
Learning to cultivate satisfaction and see the interdependent relationship of all beings.
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Beginning love with ourselves
Developing warm-heartedness for ourselves first, and then expanding it to others.
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Bodhicitta as the result
After practicing the six causes of bodhicitta, the result - bodhicitta - can arise.
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