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The first frost of snow falls on a Buddha statue in the garden amidst fall foliage.
37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

37 Practices: Verses 22-24

Emptiness - how everything exists by being labeled by mind, and the way we choose…

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Vajrasattva statue
Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2005-06

Once you start, never stop

Bowing to anyone who creates merit and practices good conduct; a look at what hell…

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Vajrasattva statue
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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Tangkha image of Chandrakirti.
Three Principal Aspects of the Path

Profound view

How wisdom and compassion support each other. Ten ways to practice mindfulness of emptiness. When…

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Antidotes to Afflictions

Antidotes to afflictions

Definitions, disadvantages and antidotes for key afflictions: attachment, anger, jealousy, and arrogance.

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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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Woman meditating in a camper.
Three Principal Aspects of the Path

Taking and giving

The taking and giving meditation, or tonglen, reverses our usual attitude of placing ourselves first…

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Venerable Jampa, smiling and talking to retreatants during group discussion.
Three Principal Aspects of the Path

Heart-warming love

It is possible to see all beings, whether they are friends, enemies, or strangers, as…

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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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