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Essence of Refined Gold
A treatise on the Lamrim Tradition of meditation, a tradition known as "Stages on the…
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Adjusting to monastic life
Important elements in forming a community: how to cultivate an attitude of transparency and how…
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Chapter 2: Verses 40-65
The importance of keeping an awareness of death in order to focus our minds, consider…
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Chapter 1: Verses 2-6
The author's intention in composing the text and learning from his humility. The conditions to…
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Remembering to take the medicine
After recognizing that we're the patients and are the ones that are suffering, we can…
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What are your non-negotiables?
Retreatants discuss what they can't let go of in their lives, and come to realize…
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37 Practices: Verses 16-21
Humility; enemies are created by anger; learning to slowly chip away at our -o'holic mind.
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Discriminating wisdom
A discussion covering topics such as "bad friends," dealing with intense emotions, bad dreams, and…
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37 Practices: Verses 4-6
Verses describing the miseries of samsara, the importance of thinking about beginningless lives, giving up…
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Lama Tsongkhapa’s kindness
How Je Rinpoche brought immense benefit through his teachings on emptiness and lamrim, and how…
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Profound view
How wisdom and compassion support each other. Ten ways to practice mindfulness of emptiness. When…
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