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Venerable Thubten Chodron Overcoming three kinds of doubt
The types of doubt and how to overcome them, and how to relate to a…
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Obstacles to generosity
The "shackles of miserliness" and the "flood of attachment" that we seek Tara's protection from.
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The robbers of wrong views
How wrong views about the law of karma and the nature of reality create create…
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Love, compassion, and bodhicitta
Cultivating equanimity as the basis for genuine love, compassion, and bodhicitta.
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Jealousy: Its definition and antidotes
How jealousy can relate to our view of oppression and the antidotes to overcoming jealousy.
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Types of arrogance and ignorance
Seven types of arrogance, and the second of the eight dangers, the elephant of ignorance.
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How arrogance plays out in our lives
The first verse of the First Dalai Lama's poem on the "Eight Dangers."
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Refuge and the five lay precepts
Using the analogy of the Three Jewels as doctor, medicine and nurses for taking refuge.…
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Amitabha practice: Prayer for the time of death, part 2
Continued explanation of the prayer for the time of death from the Amitabha sadhana. Meditating…
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Amitabha practice: Prayer for the time of death, part 1
An explanation of the prayer for the time of death. Through practice and familiarity with…
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Amitabha practice: Aspiration prayer
Explanation of the aspiration section of the Amitabha practice. Making kindness our default mode in…
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