Stages of the Path: Four Noble Truths (2009)
Short talks on the four truths for aryas based on the Guru Puja text by the first Panchen Lama Lobsang Chokyi Gyaltsen.
Six root afflictions: Recognizing doubt
Venerable Thubten Chodron Methods for recognizing doubt and the importance of using our intelligence to investigate.
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Six root afflictions: Conceit and comparing
Comparing ourselves to others leads to conceit whereas accepting ourselves is a solid foundation for self-worth.
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Six root afflictions: Conceit and “I am&#...
Types of arrogance and how they cause problems for ourselves and others.
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Six root afflictions: Conceit and humility
Two more kinds of conceit and how they are undermined by introspective awareness and gratitude to others.
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Six root afflictions: View of the extremes
A discussion of the two extreme views (absolutism and nihilism) and how they influence our mind.
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Six root afflictions: Wrong views
An explanation of the six kinds of wrong views outlined by the Buddha.
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Six root afflictions: Wrong views, part 2
Part 2 of wrong views with an emphasis on the three kinds of nihilistic views
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Obstructions to the clear and knowing mind
How and why liberation is possible by seeing that the basic nature of the mind is pure and that the obscurations can be eliminated.
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Conventional and clear light mind
A teaching on the reasons why the afflictions can be eliminated, that the mind is by nature pure.
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Cleansing the mind of ignorance
How wisdom can overpower ignorance and eliminate it, but it cannot get rid of our good qualities.
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Ethics, concentration, and wisdom
Practicing the three higher trainings, which are practices imbued with refuge in the Three Jewels and practiced according to the path the Buddha laid out.
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