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![Deteriorating Buddha statue at the Abbey pet cemetary.](https://thubtenchodron.org/wp-content/uploads/1991/08/buddha-impermanence-feature-1.jpg)
Disadvantages of not thinking of death
Considering the disadvantages of not thinking about death motivates us to make use of this…
View Post![Geshe Sopa smiling very happily.](https://thubtenchodron.org/wp-content/uploads/1991/06/geshe-sopa-feature-1.jpg)
Disadvantages of improper reliance
The first two disadvantages of not properly relying on or abandoning the spiritual teacher.
View Post![Venerables Samten and Jampa prostrating in front of the Abbey altar.](https://thubtenchodron.org/wp-content/uploads/1991/05/prostration-feature-1.jpg)
Visualizing the merit field and offering the seven-l...
How to set up the meditation session by doing the refuge visualization, contemplating the four…
View Post![Altar in a shrine room.](https://thubtenchodron.org/wp-content/uploads/1991/05/altar-little-orange-crow-feature-1.jpg)
Obtaining offerings properly and setting the right p...
Further instruction on how to make offerings, and a commentary on the third preparatory practice:…
View Post![Venerable Chodron offering incense.](https://thubtenchodron.org/wp-content/uploads/1991/05/making-offerings2-feature-1.jpg)
Preparing the meditation space and making offerings
Instructions on the first two preparatory practices for a meditation session: (1) cleaning the room…
View Post![Thangka image of a Buddha.](https://thubtenchodron.org/wp-content/uploads/1991/04/Tibetan-Buddha-030715-feature-1.jpg)
How teachings should be studied and taught
Cultivating the qualities, attitudes, and motivations that make the student's mind receptive and the teacher's…
View Post![Prayer flags in Tibet.](https://thubtenchodron.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/tibet-prayer-flags-1.jpg)
A pilgrimage to Tibet
An inspiring and sad pilgrimage to the ancient land of Tibet in 1987.
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