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Venerable Thubten Chodron Motivation for the retreat
Cultivating appreciation for having this rare opportunity to do a retreat. Bringing problems into the…
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Medicine Buddha and the 35 Buddhas
An explanation of the Medicine Buddha sadhana practice and visualization, followed by oral transmission of…
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The meditation on taking and giving
How visualizing taking on the suffering of others and giving them our happiness can be…
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Incarcerated people Letting go of attachments
A chocolate cake, a chuck steak or the love of another person—can they make us…
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A test of my bodhisattva vows
Keeping oneself free of violence by remembering the vows and showing compassion.
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The advantages of cherishing others
How to generate bodhicitta by changing in one's mind who is important and cherished: the…
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The liberation of self-forgiveness
An incarcerated person shares his experience of transforming self-hatred to open up his heart for…
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Sravasti Abbey Monastics Founding donor’s day
The birth of Sravasti Abbey, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the U.S.
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The disadvantages of self-centeredness
Working with the self-centered mind to increase happiness, one realizes the mind is dependent on…
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Buddha nature and precious human life
Seeing our potential and the conducive circumstances we have to actualize it.
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Equalizing and exchanging self and others
A discussion of Shantideva's nine-point meditation on equalizing self and others as a method of…
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The seven-point cause-and-effect practice
Practices that develop the bodhicitta aspiration to attain buddhahood in order to benefit all sentient…
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