preliminary practices (ngöndro)
Preliminary practices, such as prostrations and recitation of the Vajrasattva mantra, done before undertaking major tantric practices.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Development of the sangha
Relating our ways of being in the world to our state of mind and how…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 24-34
A further look at various experiences in our lives and the previous actions that brought…
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Mandala offerings
The meaning and purpose of the practice of making mandala offerings, especially in the context…
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Prison revisited
Returning to a federal prison in Ohio to offer bodhisattva vows to a person who…
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Venerable Thubten Lhatso A nun in exile: From Tibet to India
A Tibetan-born nun emigrates out of Chinese-occupied territory to South India, where she is instrumental…
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Mandala and the far-reaching attitudes
Discussion about mandala offerings and demonstration of how to offer the mandala.
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When and why the mandala is offered
Review of how to build the mandala, when and why the mandala is offered, and…
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The purpose of mandala offerings
The importance of understanding the reasons why we do preliminary practices to purify negativities and…
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Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga, Part 2
Part 2 of Venerable Thubten Chodron's explanation of the practice of Guru Yoga.
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Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga, Part 1
Part 1 of Venerable Thubten Chodron's explanation of the practice of Guru Yoga.
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Far-reaching attitude of ethics
Exploring the three divisions of the far-reaching attitude of ethics.
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