Sravasti Abbey

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2016

Overcoming ill will

How to identify the hindrance of ill will and work with it to calm the…

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Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2016

The context for developing concentration

A realistic attitude to take towards developing concentration, and an explanation of the hindrance of…

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Gomchen Lamrim

The 37 harmonies with awakening, part 2

The 37 harmonies continued with explanation of the seven factors of enlightenment and the eightfold…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Chapter 4: Verses 356-363

Refuting inherent existence with refutations of inherently existent pain and pleasure.

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Explore Monastic Life

Humility, transparency, and self-acceptance

Venerable Tenzin Tsepal reflects on the Exploring Monastic Life program and how it supports the…

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Gomchen Lamrim

The 37 harmonies with awakening

The 37 harmonies are a fundamental practice of the middle scope and are practiced by…

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Explore Monastic Life

Reimagining Buddhist ethics in the world

Venerable Thubten Jampa shares the many ways that Westerners can practice ethics in their daily…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Chapter 4: Verses 349-355

Refutations of pleasure and objects of pleasure as being inherently existent. The dependent nature of…

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Explore Monastic Life

The border between liberation and cyclic existence

Venerable Thubten Samten reflects on her life experiences through the lens of teachings on the…

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