Thubten Chodron
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Establishing selflessness
Three mistaken approaches to determining selflessness and the order for establishing selflessness.
View PostMindfulness and introspective awareness
The importance of mindfulness and introspective awareness in our everyday lives.
View PostSix perfections and three higher trainings
What makes the three higher trainings higher--rather than just ordinary--is the long-term motivation of attaining…
View PostHigher training in ethics
How ethical discipline is the foundation on which concentration and wisdom are built. Taking precepts…
View PostEthics, concentration, and wisdom
Practicing the three higher trainings, which are practices imbued with refuge in the Three Jewels…
View PostThe root of samsara
How things and self are merely imputed by thought and how ignorance is the root…
View PostHomage to Shakyamuni Buddha
Paying homage to Shakyamuni Buddha before receiving teachings. The chant was recorded by the Sravasti…
View PostVarious mantras
Recitations to bless to bless the feet, the rosary, and the speech. Recited during the…
View PostEight Verses of Thought Transformation
The inspiring verses for how to change our habitual ways of thinking by Geshe Langri…
View PostLong life prayers
Prayers for the long lives of our spiritual mentors and for Sravasti Abbey to continue…
View PostSelected dedication verses
Dedication prayers to direct the energy of our actions towards liberation and full awakening.
View PostMandala offering, refuge and bodhicitta
Taking refuge, generating bodhicitta, and making mandala offering before and after teachings. Chants recorded by…
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