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Green Tara

Deity yoga: You are Tara

An overview of where the Green Tara practice fits in Buddhist practice, followed by an…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Crises in monastic life

Exploring the practice of fortitude in terms of working with various crises that can arise…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Jealousy

Giving commentary to Verses 73-84 of Chapter 6, explaining the disadvantages of, and antidotes to,…

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Buddhist Worldview

100,000 Bows Toward Full Awakening

A wide-ranging Q&A session on spiritual practice with two monks from Clear Mountain Monastery.

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An Open-Hearted Life

Empathy and humor

The importance of offering empathy to ourselves and others to bring connection and ease of…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The root of samsara

Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, explaining how different tenet systems describe what is the root…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Attachment and anger

Commenting on Verses 66-74 of Chapter 6, discussing the relationship between attachment and anger and…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

First-link ignorance

Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, explaining the specific scope of the first-link, ignorance and the…

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Workplace Wisdom

Creating vision as a leader: a Buddhist perspective

How a leader can create an vision for an organization that that helps everyone work…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Counteracting anger

Covering Verses 62-66, leading a discussion on working with the self-centered thought and describing more…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Applying karma to our lives

Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, applying karma to the recent trial and describing the Rice…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Debating with anger

Beginning with a review of Verses 42-50, and then leading us in a debate between…

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