Search results for “purification practices

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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2005-06

Denial of death

How to get to the appropriate feeling towards death; examining who it is that's making…

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Vajrasattva statue
Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2005-06

Discriminating wisdom

A discussion covering topics such as "bad friends," dealing with intense emotions, bad dreams, and…

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Guru Yoga

Lama Tsongkhapa’s kindness

How Je Rinpoche brought immense benefit through his teachings on emptiness and lamrim, and how…

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Statue of a Buddha.
Three Principal Aspects of the Path

Progressing from wrong conceptions to correct view

How to use your meditation to move through the various stages of realizing emptiness, the…

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Statue of a bronze Buddha.
Refuge in the Three Jewels

Refuge and bodhicitta

The three principal causes for taking refuge—a sense of caution, a sense of confidence, and…

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Closeup of Venerable Chodron teaching.
Speaking Wisely and Kindly

Hurtful words, healing words

Being mindful of our speech so as to prevent ourselves from harming others.

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Venerable Chodron and retreatants group photo in 2005.
Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2005

Physical prison versus samsaric prison

Watching the mind's reaction to food. Looking at attachment, seeing where it leads us. Examining…

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Venerable Chodron and retreatants group photo in 2005.
Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2005

A content and disciplined retreat mind

Using the retreat time to develop a healthier way of looking at our behavior. The…

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Cover of Geshen Sonam Rinchen's book "The Three Principal Aspects of the Path".
Three Principal Aspects of the Path

General characteristics of karma

Karma is definite, expandable, doesn't get lost, and results from the causes that we have…

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Venerable Chodron meditating.
Three Principal Aspects of the Path

Nine-point death meditation

By reflecting carefully and thoroughly on death and impermanence, we reach the conclusion that we…

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A young Abbey retreatant, bowing to Venerable Chodron.
Three Principal Aspects of the Path

Rarity of a precious human rebirth

Contemplating the rarity of a precious human life complete with both the ability and the…

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