Search results for “second noble truth”
Venerable Thubten Chodron Teachings on emptiness
The type of person who is suitable to receive teachings on emptiness and the danger…
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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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Commentary on the Heart Sutra
Commentary on the Heart Sutra and how it outlines the five paths that culminate in…
View Post Impermanence, dukkha and selflessness
Questions and answers on the first seal followed by teachings on the second seal: all…
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Cultivating conventional bodhicitta
Introduction to the section of the text that explains how to cultivate the conventional awakening…
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Reflecting on dukkha to fuel renunciation
How an awareness of dissatisfaction can fuel the practice, and how silence in retreat is…
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Virtuous and nonvirtuous paths of action
If we become aware of our virtuous and nonvirtuous paths of action we quickly see…
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Bhikkhu Bodhi The challenge of the future
Does Western Buddhism need a monastic sangha? If so, what should their role be? What…
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Leah Kosik - Jun 18, 2008
Work retreat
Using the workplace as a springboard to noticing our mental state, being aware of any…
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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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The revival of bhikkhunī ordination in the Theravāda...
Legal and moral issues involved in the revival of the Theravāda Bhikkhunī Sangha.
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