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Venerable Thubten Chodron Verse 33-4: The kindness of the Three Jewels
Contemplating the kindness of the Buddha and those who practiced and taught through the centuries…
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Verse 33-3: Had we not met the Dharma….
Contemplating the kindness of the Three Jewels by considering what direction our lives would have…
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Verse 33-2: The kindness of others
Contemplating the kindness of other sentient beings by considering how we would not be alive…
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Verse 32-5: Who is sick?
Working with illness and pain by considering who is the "I" who is experiencing the…
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Verse 32-4: Aging gracefully
How attachment to the body—it's appearance and physical abilities— makes it so difficult to accept…
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Verse 32-3: Renouncing suffering
The importance of generating renunciation and really getting a feel for wanting to be free…
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Verse 32-2: Working with sickness
How to work with the mind when we are sick and transform illness into the…
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Verse 32-1: Being free from illness
How the body, by its very nature, gets sick. The only way to avoid illness…
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Verse 31: Seeing someone suffering
How compassion differs from personal distress and how to cultivate compassion without falling to apathy.…
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Verse 30-2: The bliss of a buddha
The meaning of the term "the bliss of the Buddha." Considering the removal of the…
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Verse 30-1: Happiness
Cultivating dissatisfaction with samsara and striving to attain the happiness of the buddhas. How this…
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