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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Tenzin Kiyosaki Monastic ordination
Looking at ordination and the higher training in ethics as a path to liberation from…
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama 
Discrimination, intention and contact
The subtleties of mental factors and their relation to karma.
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The far-reaching practice of patience
Exploring the far-reaching attitude of patience by looking at the patience of voluntarily enduring difficulty…
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Commitments of aspiring bodhicitta
Generating the two types of bodhicitta: aspiring and engaging. How to protect our bodhicitta from…
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a sadhana of the tradition - Feb 22, 1993
a sadhana of the tradition Meditation on the Buddha
Step-by-step meditation on the Buddha. This includes reciting verses and contemplating good qualities you aspire…
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Cultivating our motivation
The three levels of motivation as a key to understanding the Buddhist path.
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Basic Buddhist topics
An overview of topics such as the mind, rebirth, cyclic existence, and enlightenment, as an…
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