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Venerable Thubten Chodron Things to consider before ordaining
Important things to consider before ordaining such as where you'll go for guidance, where you'll…
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Small acts of compassion can have big results
The far-reaching effects of small acts of kindness.
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The spread of Buddhism
How Buddhism spread to new areas and adapted to different cultures.
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Last six of the unshared qualities
Covering the last six of the eighteen unshared qualities of a Buddha, teaching from Chapter…
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Origins of precepts and monastic ordination
Continuation of the Buddha's life story, about the early monastic sangha.
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The Buddha’s life
The role of visualization in Tibetan practice and the beginning of the Buddha's life story.
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Meditation on transforming anger into compassion
A guided meditation on working with anger.
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Ten powers and eighteen unshared qualities
Concluding the ten powers of buddhas (9 - 10), and covering the first twelve of…
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Buddha nature
Explaining the two types of Buddha nature to help us understand our potential.
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Ten powers
Continuing explaining the ten powers of the Buddha, covering 4-9, teaching from Chapter 2.
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Creating our world: dependent arising
An explanation of rebirth through dependent arising, based on commentaries of the Rice Seedling Sutra.
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