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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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Overview of the stages of the path
An overview of the graduated path to awakening and how it relates to the three…
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Working with criticism
How to see those who criticize us and challenge us as teachers who point out…
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Causes and conditions for enlightenment
Understanding emptiness in the context of the entire Buddhist path, with the wish to attain…
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Facing blame
Recognizing attachment to reputation and examining the mind's reaction when it is threatened.
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Transforming suffering
Looking at our reactions when we face adversity, and how we can transform pain and…
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Venerable Thubten Samten Review of Chapter 7: Verses 156-175
A review of Chapter 7 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle Way" focuses on…
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Review of Chapter 7: Verses 151-155
A review of Chapter 7 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle Way" focuses on…
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Living with loss
How to work with the emotions when we lose the things we are attached to.…
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How renunciation brings happiness
Shares a message from Lama Zopa Rinpoche to the International Mahayana Institute sangha, and speaks…
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Shifting from the self-centered thought to cherishin...
The equalizing and exchanging self with others method of generating bodhicitta, and examining how the…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Review of Chapter 4
A review of Chapter 4 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle Way" focuses on…
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