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Venerable Thubten Chodron Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 92-94
Making clear aspirations and determinations about how we want to live our lives. How our…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 90-91
Watching our tendency to do the opposite of what our teachers instruct, becoming willing to…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 86-89
Verses covering the importance of focused study to support meditation, reliance on a teacher, working…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 84-85
Verses describing how to approach learning the Dharma, avoiding wrong views, and working with our…
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Joyful effort
The three types of laziness, how they can hinder successful practice, and how to overcome…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 81-83
Remembering what samsara is, it's causes, and applying that to our life. Coming to see…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 77-80
The importance of keeping confidences, and controlling the story-making mind.
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 73-76
Verses covering such topics as the eight worldly concerns, community property, receiving advice and admonishment.
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 69-72
How reminding ourselves that the afflictions are the fault of the self-centered thought gives us…
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How to relate to a spiritual teacher
Investigating the important role the spiritual teacher plays in our lives and how to cultivate…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 67-69
The importance of becoming honest with ourselves, admitting our faults, and not always blaming others…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 64-66
Getting a feeling for the object of negation in the emptiness meditation, and practicing the…
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