Sravasti Abbey
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Buddhist precepts regarding food
The Buddhist perspective on fasting and how practitioners keep Buddhist precepts related to food.
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Contemplating the eight types of dukkha, part 2
Explanation of meditating on the eight types of dukkha is continued with the last four.…
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Working with attachment to food
Ways to work with attachment to food with a balanced mind.
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Chapter 3: Verses 268-271
Thought transformation practices that create the causes for the collection of wisdom. The four ascetic…
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Kindness vitamins: An interview
Venerable Thubten Chodron shares on how Buddhist practice has changed her life on the Third…
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Dedicating for the benefit of all
The completion of the commentary on the verses after lunch, pointing out all the beings…
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The emptiness of giving
How to contemplate depending arising and emptiness while making offerings.
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Contemplating the eight types of dukkha, part 1
How to contemplate in detail the unsatisfactory nature of birth, aging, sickness, and death in…
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Chapter 3: Verses 259-267
Practicing generosity to benefit others and accumulate merit. Practicing the activities to accumulate wisdom.
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The merit of offering food and drink
A continuing teaching on dedications that we make for all those who have offered us…
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Verses after meals
An explanation of the mantras done after meals and dedication prayers for all beings.
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