thought transformation
Teachings on lojong or thought training techniques to train the mind to turn difficult circumstances into opportunities for spiritual growth and awakening.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Introduction to Buddhism
A brief overview of the Buddhist path to enlightenment to put the audience in the…
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Robert Sachs - Jul 3, 2008
Robert Sachs How to live in modern times
A Buddhist perspective on contemporary issues ranging from fundamentalism to the environment.
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Verses review: The Buddhist view
The importance of making our lives more meaningful, not taking our lives for granted, and…
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Verse 8: The seat of enlightenment
Reaffirming our bodhicitta when sitting down, wishing that all beings come to the place in…
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Verse 7: Secured by the root of virtue
How the virtue we create secures us for good rebirths, liberation, and in this very…
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Realizing things as they are
If you are looking for an elephant, you need to know what an elephant looks…
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Incarcerated people Changing our mind
A person in prison learns about placing others above self and describes the choice we…
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Verse 6-2: Consideration for others
Abandoning negativities out of care, affection, consideration, and an awareness of how our actions impact…
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Verse 6-1: Robes of integrity
Seeing an opportunity for non-virtue but restraining ourselves because of a sense of our own…
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Verse 5-2: Creating the causes
The importance of cultivating the two sides of the path, method and wisdom, just as…
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Verse 5-1: Attaining the form buddha bodies
Planting the seeds to be able to attain the form body of the Buddha, the…
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