Deity Meditation
Teachings from annual weeklong and three-month deity meditation retreats.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Parting from the four clingings
Introduces Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen's verses on Parting from the Four Clingings and begins analyzing the…
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The story of Kwan Yin
Explores different manifestations of Chenrezig in East Asia and tells the story of Princess Miao…
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How to study, reflect, and meditate
Discusses the first verse of Parting from the Four Clingings, instructing to refrain from worldly…
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The Chenrezig practice
A guided session of the full Chenrezig sadhana and meditation practice.
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Renouncing dukkha
Introduces the topic of renouncing the causes of suffering in cyclic existence.
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The dukkha of pain and change
The dukkha of pain and change are unavoidable in cyclic existence, hence we should strive…
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The dukkha of pervasive conditioning
Discusses what cyclic existence is and how we are deceived when we think we can…
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Buddha nature
The true nature of phenomena and the natural nirvana that is in the nature of…
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Four types of nirvana
Explains different types of nirvana and how they are viewed according to different Buddhist philosophical…
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Cultivating bodhicitta
The seven-point cause-and-effect Instruction and exchanging self and others in order to generate the wish…
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Venerable Thubten Damcho Connecting with compassion
How important it is to acknowledge past mistakes and harms done in order to truly…
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