Tibetan Buddhism
Classic teachings of Buddhism in the Tibetan lineage; contemporary takes on those teachings.
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Making offerings and precious human rebirth
Altar offerings and expanded teaching on precious human rebirth.
View PostPreparing for lamrim meditation
How to prepare for lamrim meditation and meditation on precious human rebirth.
View PostHow to listen to teachings
Basic lamrim topics such as motivation and the correct way of listening to the teachings.
View PostThe rise of women in Buddhism: Has the ice been broken?
In this panel discussion recorded in 2014, Venerable Thubten Chodron and others consider the problems…
View PostPreservation of Tibet’s culture and environment
Among His Holiness' principal commitments is to preserve Tibetan culture and to protect the environment.…
View PostImmeasurable equanimity
The fourth immeasurable thought of equanimity, including its definitions, overcoming obstacles to it, and how…
View PostThe truth of cessation
Completion of the commentary on the truth of origination followed by commentary on the truth…
View PostThe truth of origination of suffering
The completion of the commentary to the truth of suffering followed by the commentary to…
View PostRefuting the elements as the cause of afflictions
Refuting views that assert the elements of the body are the substantial cause of the…
View PostRefuting that body is the special basis of mind
Through logical reasoning it is shown that the physical body cannot be the substantial cause…
View PostRefuting incorrect views on the causes of suffering ...
The logical refutations of incorrect ideas of how the mental afflictions and suffering arise and…
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