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Venerable Thubten Semkye The misery of attachment
Investigating the affliction of attachment and how it leads to dissatisfaction and dukkha. Changing our…
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Lama Tsongkhapa 
Venerable Thubten Chodron How to study, reflect, and meditate
Discusses the first verse of Parting from the Four Clingings, instructing to refrain from worldly…
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Refuge guidelines and karma
Guidelines for practicing refuge in daily life. The four general characteristics of karma and purification…
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The importance of remembering death
The purpose of remembering death is to help make life meaningful and motivate practice not…
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Verse 38: The skilled merchant
Giving with strings attached is little different from a business transaction.
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A rare and valuable opportunity
Why a precious human rebirth is an incredible opportunity and a rare attainment. Reflecting on…
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A precious opportunity
How to meditate on the eight freedoms and 10 fortunes of a precious human rebirth…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Overview of the stages of the path
An overview of the graduated path to awakening and how it relates to the three…
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Verse 24: Our noisy minds
How difficult it is for us to quiet down, even when we are in a…
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Verse 12: Attachment to comfort
Our attachment to comfort causes us to make ludicrous demands on others, and only causes…
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Untainted meditation
Meditation is needed to overcome afflictions, but it can easily become tainted by mundane concerns.
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