Search results for “worldly concerns

Venerable Thubten Semkye sentada frente a una mesa escribiendo.
Living with Impermanence

Practicing with a year of illness

Venerable Thubten Semkye shares on how embracing a physical ailment challenged her concepts of the…

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Silhouette of a monastic meditating.
Exploring Monastic Life 2009

The Greater Discourse on the “Simile of the He...

One can easily become satisfied with lesser spiritual goals and miss out on seeking the…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Meditating on death and impermanence

The importance of the meditation on death and impermanence, how it helps us to re-prioritize…

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Family and Friends

Planned parenting

Becoming a parent can be of incredible benefit by transmitting from generation to generation the…

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Seven-point Mind Training

Review: Death and impermanence

Review session on the second of the four preliminary practices, the impermanence of all things…

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Seven-point Mind Training

The altruistic intention

The seven-point cause and effect technique for generating bodhicitta: the last five points.

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Seven-point Mind Training

Virtuous and nonvirtuous paths of action

If we become aware of our virtuous and nonvirtuous paths of action we quickly see…

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Seven-point Mind Training

Four-point contemplation of karma

The many types and purposes of preliminary or preparatory practices. Four points in the contemplation…

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An old woman holding a mala reciting mantra.
Manjushri Winter Retreat 2008-09

The purpose of a silent retreat

A question-and-answer session touching on the purpose of silence on retreat, retreat etiquette, and daily…

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Thanka image of Manjushri
Manjushri Winter Retreat 2008-09

Manjushri sadhana overview

The benefits of doing the Manjushri practice, an explanation of the visualization in the sadhana,…

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