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Venerable Thubten Chodron The precepts of mind training
How we tend to view others as objects or commodities for our own happiness rather…
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What it means to do retreat
We have to understand what retreat means. We are retreating from dukkha, from suffering, not…
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The measure of a trained mind
Honestly looking at our minds to see how it reacts to hardships and the difference…
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Questions and answers about karma
The importance of purification and becoming more aware of our misdeeds.
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Practicing with adversity
Practices that can be used to transform adverse circumstances into the path.
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Karma and compassion: Part 2 of 2
The four immeasurables (love, compassion, joy, equanimity) as antidotes to negative karma.
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Karma and compassion: Part 1 of 2
In her discussion of what the Buddha meant by karma, Venerable Chodron talks about how…
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Karma, samsara, and dukkha
A comprehensive teaching on the intricate interplay of karma and its myriad manifestations of results.…
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Six harmonies in a sangha community
Practical guidelines for setting up and living in a Dharma community or monastery, and the…
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Chapter 3: Verses 1-3
Developing love and compassion in a reasonable way. The importance of purification and creating of…
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Mid-retreat discussion
Addressing questions on different aspects of the meditation: the body, emptiness, visualization and deity meditation.
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Understanding our situation
The four noble truths as the foundation on which the entire path can be both…
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