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 measure of the middle scope attitude
Explanation of the intermediate state and rebirth.
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How karma is accumulated
Identifying karma that is accumulated and how you die and are reborn.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The importance of ethical conduct
Outlining the various benefits of keeping precepts and describing the eight types of precepts for…
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Rebirth, karma, and emptiness
An examination of "What is a person?" through the lens of continuity, rebirth, and karma.
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Formally taking refuge
Explaining the section on formally taking refuge, and covering how to deepen our refuge by…
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Distinguishing features of the Three Jewels
Describing the distinguishing features of the Three Jewels, causal and resultant refuge, from Chapter 2…
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Eight fully ripened excellent qualities
How we can create the causes for beneficial qualities in the future.
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Ten powers
Continuing explaining the ten powers of the Buddha, covering 4-9, teaching from Chapter 2.
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Creating our world: dependent arising
An explanation of rebirth through dependent arising, based on commentaries of the Rice Seedling Sutra.
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The existence of the Three Jewels
Explaining the reasons for taking refuge, mind's potential and existence of the three jewels, teaching…
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Entrance to the Buddhist path
Commencing teaching from Volume 4, "Following in the Buddha's Footsteps", providing an overview of the…
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Refuge and the excellent qualities of the Buddha
Explaining how the three jewels are worthy objects of refuge, teaching from Chapter 9.
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