purification
Teachings on practices that mitigate the force of our destructive actions, in particular on the four opponent powers. This is a four-step practice involving: 1) regretting our mistake, 2) restoring the relationship by generating a positive attitude towards the one we harmed, 3) resolving to avoid the harmful action in the future, and 4) doing some sort of remedial behavior.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Good Karma: Karmic consequences of taking advantage ...
Examining situations when we are deceived by others and when our efforts are not successful.
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Good Karma: Pernicious thoughts
Questions about karma plus verses outlining obstacles to our spiritual practice and peace of mind.
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Good Karma: The importance of making offerings
How making offerings benefits us and how self-grasping ignorance causes afflictions to arise.
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Good Karma: Karma and the mind’s namtok
Our distorted ways of thinking and how this lead to the creation of negative karma.
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Good Karma: Overcoming spiritual obstacles
How contemplating impermanence and the defects of cyclic existence helps to transform our minds.
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Venerable Thubten Lamsel Review of the value and intent of monastic life
Reviewing the value and intent of monastic life, from Chapter 5.
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Venerable Thubten Ngawang Review of the benefits of monastic precepts
Reviewing the second half of Chapter 4, covering benefits of keeping Pratimoksha vows, avoiding intoxicants,…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro The benefits of making offerings
The benefits of making offerings plus two guided meditations for accumulating merit and purification.
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Karma and purifying the mind
An introduction to purification practice and different activities we can do to create merit.
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Which causes are we creating?
How generosity and ethical conduct help us to accumulate merit and why this matters.
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How to purify bad actions by means of the four powers
Explanation of the four powers of purification.
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Preparing well for our death
Spiritual practices that we can do to live a meaningful life and prepare for our…
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