renunciation

Renunciation, or the determination to be free, is the attitude aspiring to be free from all suffering and to attain the liberation that is freedom from cyclic existence.

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Four Establishments of Mindfulness Retreat

Buddha nature

The distinction between the awakened buddha nature and the natural buddha nature and the conditions…

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Making Offerings

Water bowl offering

The second of three talks about how to set up an altar at home covers…

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Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2012-13

Preparing the mind for practice

Exploring the basis upon which we generate refuge and bodhicitta, the first step in the…

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Venerable Chodron teaching on video
Healing from Gun Violence

Safety or guns?

Reflections from a Dharma perspective and a call for civic engagement in response to the…

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Bright orange and yellow sunset at the Abbey.
Healing from Gun Violence

Grieving the Sandy Hook tragedy

A response to a student reeling with emotions after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting,…

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Stages of the Path

Samsara and dukkha

Looking at the disadvantages of cyclic existence to develop a determination to be free from…

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2012

Three types of dukkha

Learning about the three types of suffering and their causes, and overcoming them.

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2012

Investigating happiness

Looking at different types of happiness and asking what it really is and what it…

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Venerables Jenying and Jendy bowling to each other.
Becoming a Monastic

Advice on preparing for ordination

Senior bhikshunis give poignant advice on preparing for monastic ordination.

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2012

Ultimate goal of developing concentration

Exploring the long-term purpose of shamatha meditation and the positive impact to everyone.

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Healing from Gun Violence

Dealing with violent acts

Sharing some perspectives from listeners on how to deal with the emotional responses to mass…

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Parting from the Four Clingings

Opportunities that counteract attachment

One of the few female Tibetan lamas offers guidance on lessening our attachment to worldly…

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