Thubten Chodron
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Praise of the Teacher, the Buddha, Through His 12 Deeds
An extended homage to Shakyamuni Buddha, describing his many activities in spreading the Dharma, from…
View PostMeditation on the Buddha
Step-by-step meditation on the Buddha. This includes reciting verses and contemplating good qualities you aspire…
View PostFreeing ourselves from samsara
The advantages of observing the higher training in ethical conduct, advice for keeping our ethics…
View PostPath to liberation
The distinction between liberation and enlightenment and what kind of body and what path to…
View PostThe 12 links and the four noble truths
We die because we are born. To cease the cycle of death and rebirth, cease…
View PostDependent arising: Links 4-12
A review of the first links and a discussion of the remaining 12 links of…
View PostDependent arising: Links 1-3
Superstition obscures the right view and brings forth a wrong fantasy view. It is the…
View PostThe death and rebirth process
What happens to the consciousnesses as we die, the bardo, and how rebirth occurs.
View PostThe 12 links of dependent arising: Overview
I want to be happy and I deserve to be happy, but I’m not going…
View PostThe wheel of life
Being aware of death while we are alive helps us distinguish what's important. Living each…
View PostThe bardo and taking rebirth
How a person goes from the bardo into the next rebirth. Why the time of…
View PostDeath and the bardo
Why death occurs, how important it is to clear up our relationships with others now,…
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