Exploring Monastic Life 2023
What to consider when exploring the aspiration for monastic ordination and developing a realistic perspective on monastic life.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The Buddha’s life story part 1
How the Buddha’s life story parallels our own story of spiritual yearning.
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The Buddha’s life story part 2
Continues with the Buddha’s life story, and discusses the motivation for ordaining.
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Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) Freedom and suffering
Introduces the Seven Patriarchs and urges us to make effort in understanding karma and the…
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Explanation of the general confession
The General Confession line by line, reminding us that there’s not a single day that…
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Transgressing precepts of individual liberation
Explanation of the line in the General Confession, “I have transgressed the precepts of Individual…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Disrespecting parents, spiritual mentors, & spi...
More on Ashvagosha’s General Confession.
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Ordination for women across traditions part 1
Q&A about Venerable Chodron's experience as a woman in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
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Ordination for women across traditions part 2
Q&A about Venerable Chodron's experience as a woman in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition continues.
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Faith and virtue
The different types of faith, five types of virtue, and Tsongkhapa’s secret advice.
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Confession prayer part 3
The conclusion of a multi-part teaching on the General Confession Prayer.
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