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Illumination of the Thought

The three types of compassion

Teaching on Lama Tsongkhapa’s “Illumination of the Thought” and explaining compassion observing sentient beings, the…

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Illumination of the Thought

Hearers and solitary realizers

Teaching on Lama Tsongkhapa’s “Illumination of the Thought” and explaining how hearers and solitary realizers…

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Cover of The Gomchen Lamrim Study Guide.
Gomchen Lamrim

Gomchen Lamrim study guide

Contemplation points for the Gomchen Lamrim teaching series.

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Dharma in Daily Life

Be reasonable

How we have to be reasonable in our expectations, and how difficulties make us stronger.

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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.
Amitabha

Prayer to be reborn in Amitabha’s pure land: v...

Explanation of Lama Tsongkhapa's prayer to be reborn in Amitabha's pure land. The kinds of…

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Three Principal Aspects of the Path

Starting with renunciation

Beginning the course on Lama Tsongkhapa's short lamrim text, "The Three Principal Aspects of the…

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Travels

The power of letting go

Venerable Thubten Chodron shares on her time at Lama Tsongkhapa Institute and how she saved…

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Open hand holding a compass
Ethics in the Modern World

Developing our inner moral compass

The value of turning inwards and calming the mind before engaging in social action.

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Gomchen Lamrim

The causes of bodhicitta

The causes to create in order to develop bodhicitta, the altruistic intention. The importance of…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Generating renunciation

Renunciation is one of the milestones to awakening. The measure of having produced the mind…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Gomchen Lamrim review: Refuge in the Three Jewels

A stable refuge comes from understanding the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. By strengthening our refuge…

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