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Review of Chapter 5

By Venerable Thubten Jigme on Dec 11, 2020 in Stages of the Path to Awakening with Thubten Chodron, The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

Reviewing Chapter 5, leading a discussion on how to develop trust and respect towards spiritual mentors.

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Bodhisattva root downfalls 11-18

By Venerable Sangye Khadro on Dec 10, 2020 in Shantideva with Venerable Thubten Chodron, Study Buddhist Treatises with Thubten Chodron

Venerable Sangye Khadro continues her commentary on the bodhisattva vow, discussing numbers 11-18 of the root bodhisattva downfalls

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Connecting with compassion

By Venerable Sangye Khadro on Dec 6, 2020 in An Open-Hearted Life (SDD)

The importance of having compassionate individuals in our lives, who can inspire our own practice of compassion and love.

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Venerable Chonyi holding up a book before leading a meditation.

Meditation on compassionate inspiration

By Venerable Thubten Chonyi on Dec 6, 2020 in Analytic Meditation on the Lamrim

A guided meditation to reflect on people and qualities we find inspiring to help develop those qualities.

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Statue near a pond of a Buddha meditating.

Jak pracovat s úzkostí

By Venerable Thubten Chodron on Dec 5, 2020 in Fear Anxiety and Other Emotions

Úzkost může být zmírněna prostřednictvím meditace a laskavosti vůči nám a ostatním.

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Review of Chapter 4

By Venerable Thubten Chonyi on Dec 4, 2020 in Stages of the Path to Awakening with Thubten Chodron, The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

Reviewing Chapter 4, discussing how to choose a spiritual mentor, how a spiritual mentor guides and how to be a qualified student.

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Root bodhisattva downfalls

By Venerable Sangye Khadro on Dec 3, 2020 in Shantideva with Venerable Thubten Chodron, Study Buddhist Treatises with Thubten Chodron

Venerable Sangye Khadro continues her commentary on the bodhisattva vow, discussing numbers 3-10 of the root bodhisattva downfalls

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Parts repairs and gratitude

By Venerable Thubten Chonyi on Nov 30, 2020 in Sickness and Death

Venerable Chonyi reflects on the kindness of health practitioners.

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The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas: Verses 23-26

By Venerable Tenzin Tsepal on Nov 28, 2020 in 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

Commentary on thought transformation verses that look at attachment and anger from the viewpoint of emptiness.

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Meditation on taking the bodhisattva vow

By Venerable Sangye Khadro on Nov 26, 2020 in Shantideva with Venerable Thubten Chodron, Study Buddhist Treatises with Thubten Chodron

Venerable Sangye Khadro reviews Verses 23-34 from Chapter 3, leads a meditation on taking the bodhisattva vow, and discusses first 3 root bodhisattva downfalls

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