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Venerable Thubten Chodron The second nonvirtue of speech: Divisive speech (par...
Divisive speech often arises in the workplace, when a group of people gets together to…
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“Approaching the Buddhist Path”: The nat...
The conventional and ultimate nature of the mind. How phenomena exist in relationship to the…
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“Approaching the Buddhist Path”: The Bud...
Examining emotions and steering the mind in a good direction. The Buddhist view of the…
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“Approaching the Buddhist Path”: Explori...
How Buddhism differs from theistic religions and scientific reductionism but can get along with both…
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“Good Karma”: Creating the causes for ou...
How to use the teachings on karma and thought transformation to look at the causes…
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Instructions for enhancing the collection of merit
Specific ways to create merit by benefiting others with a compassionate attitude. How Nagarjuna's advice…
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Advice for gathering the collections of merit and wi...
An explanation of the actions to abandon and those to engage in order to increase…
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The two collections prevent physical and mental suff...
Why we should not be discouraged about attaining awakening. How the collections of merit and…
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The results of the collections of wisdom and merit
The collection of merit is the principal cause of the Buddha's form body, the collection…
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Boundless wisdom and compassion
Compassion is essential for all, not just spiritual practitioners. The two kinds of wisdom—wisdom of…
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The second nonvirtue of speech: Divisive speech (par...
Divisive speech often arises when others do what we don’t like, and we seek out…
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Consumerism and the environment
Using the thought transformation practices to monitor our mind in the context of how we…
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