41 Prayers to Cultivate Bodhicitta (2008-09)
Short talks on "41 Prayers to Cultivate Bodhicitta" from the Flower Ornament Sutra (Avatamsaka Sutra).
Verse 35-3: Conflict styles, part 2
Venerable Thubten Chodron Examining when we avoid conflict and why, when to accommodate, and the other types of conflict styles: controlling, compromising, and collaboration.
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Verse 35-4: Conflict styles, part 3
Seeing both parties in a conflict as on the same side of the table and facing the problem together, and other factors in relationships and…
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Verse 36-1: Praising others
How we practice both refuge and bodhicitta in order to learn to see the good qualities of sentient beings and the Three Jewels.
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Verse 36-2: Other people’s qualities
How there is nothing from the side of another person that makes them attractive (or repulsive) to us.
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Verse 36-4: Praising the buddhas and bodhisattvas
How we practice praising the buddhas and bodhisattvas by recollecting the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.
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Verse 37: Discussing the teachings
The importance of practicing the teachings and experiencing them, and what makes a good teacher of the Dharma.
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Verse 38: Representations of the Buddha
How to think while looking at, or observing others looking at, representations of the Buddha.
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Verse 40-1: Faith in the Three Jewels
What faith means in a Buddhist context, seeing the good qualities in something that is worthy of admiration.
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Verse 40-2: Three kinds of faith
An explanation of clear faith, aspiring faith, and convinced faith, and how they build upon each other. How faith and wisdom are not contradictory.
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