rebirth
Posts related to rebirth, or how sentient beings go from one birth to another through the force of their karma. Sentient beings take rebirth after rebirth until attaining liberation from cyclic existence.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro The 9-point meditation on death
Two guided meditations on death with questions and answers.
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The way we live will affect the way we die
Awareness of impermanence and death helps us to live more meaningfully and die peacefully.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Contestable times
A conversation on the nature of time with a theoretical physicist, a philosopher, and a…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Review of true duhkha
Reviewing Chapter 2, covering the sections related to true duhkha covering realms of existence and…
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Venerable Thubten Lamsel Characteristics of karma
The fundamentals of karma: What it is, how it works, why it’s important, and how…
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Benefits of meditating on the the 12 links
Commencing the teaching from Chapter 9 and describing the benefits of meditating on the 12…
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Examples of how we cycle
Teaching from Chapter 8, describing the implicit explanation of the 12 links and covering the…
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Explicit and implicit presentations of the 12 links
Continuing the teachings from Chapter 8, explaining the explicit and implicit descriptions of the 12…
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Q&A on the 12 links of dependent origination
Teaching from Chapter 7, covering students' questions on the links of karma and renewed existence.
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Renewed existence
Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, describing renewed existence in Sanskrit tradition and in Pali tradition.
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