Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience (2014-15)
Teachings on The Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience by Panchen Losang Chokyi Gyaltsen given by Venerable Thubten Chodron at Sravasti Abbey.
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The five afflictive views
Venerable Thubten Chodron The five wrong views that get in the way of our understanding conventional and ultimate reality. How the four distortions underlie the afflictions.
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Ethical conduct and precepts
The higher training of ethical conduct: the eight types of precepts taken for liberation, and the antidotes to the factors that lead to transgressing them.
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Guided meditation: imagining our death
Venerable Thubten Jigme Imagining our death prepares our mind for death and helps us make our life meaningful while alive.
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Guided nine-point death meditation
Venerable Thubten Semkye Meditating on death brings meaning and purpose to our life and helps to avoid wasting time on trivial pursuits.
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Guided meditation: The lower realms and refuge
Venerable Thubten Samten Reflecting on the possibility of a lower rebirth inspires us to take refuge in the Three Jewels, Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.
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Guided meditation: Taking refuge in the Three J...
Venerable Thubten Tarpa Looking at our present situation and the qualities of the Three Jewels inspires us to take refuge.
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Guided meditation: The four characteristics of ...
Meditating on the four aspects of karma helps to change our attitudes and actions to create the causes of happiness and avoid the causes of…
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Overcoming the five hindrances to concentration
The antidotes for the five hindrances to developing meditative concentration.
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The eightfold path
Explanation of the eightfold noble path as it is viewed in the Pali and Sanskrit traditions. Similarities and differences.
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Developing equanimity
Developing equal care and concern for others sets the foundation for cultivating bodhicitta.
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Equanimity: Changing our conceptions of others
Developing equanimity means changing our view of others and how we categorize them as friend, difficult person, or stranger.
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Seeing all beings as having been our kind mother
Two meditations to move us beyond the appearances of this life and see that all beings have been our kind mother. A step towards bodhicitta.
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