Search results for “purification practices”
Venerable Thubten Chodron The precepts of mind training
How we tend to view others as objects or commodities for our own happiness rather…
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What it means to do retreat
We have to understand what retreat means. We are retreating from dukkha, from suffering, not…
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Prison outreach in Mexico
Buddhist principles that are transforming prison outreach are taught to leaders in a Mexican correctional…
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Practicing with adversity
Practices that can be used to transform adverse circumstances into the path.
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Transforming adversity into the path
Practical ways to practice mind training, looking at problems as opportunities to practice.
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Contemplating impermanence
Introduction to the Heart Sutra, the four seals of Buddhism, and teachings on the first…
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Preliminary practice (ngöndro) overview
An introduction to the practices that help clear and purify our minds so that we…
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Karma and compassion: Part 2 of 2
The four immeasurables (love, compassion, joy, equanimity) as antidotes to negative karma.
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In her discussion of what the Buddha meant by karma, Venerable Chodron talks about how…
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Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche Planned parenting
Becoming a parent can be of incredible benefit by transmitting from generation to generation the…
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How to approach Dharma practice
Practical advice on applying the Dharma in everyday life, making the teachings transform our minds…
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The disadvantages of cyclic existence: Part 2
In-depth teaching on the third through the sixth disadvantage of cyclic existence. This teaching completes…
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