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Yangten Rinpoche Refuting a permanent self
A refutation of partless atoms, permanent objects, and other wrong views.
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Attachment Controls Us
An introduction to and overview of "A Commentary on the Awakening Mind."
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Venerable Thubten Chodron What is Happiness? (Part 1)
Happiness is a result of acting in an ethical way and living with compassion.
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What is Happiness? (Part 2)
As our scientific knowledge advances, it's important to keep ethical conduct as our focus.
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What is Happiness? (Part 3)
Happiness comes from our perspective, not from external sense objects or people.
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Seven-limb Prayer
Purifying and creating positive potential prepare our minds to grow in wisdom and understanding.
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Establishing the sangha in the West
Transcript of a meeting with monastics on establishing a monastic community in the West.
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Monastic Mind Motivation commentary
The importance of reconfiguring our usual mindset to align with our precepts and values.
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Western Buddhist nuns in the Tibetan tradition
Venerable Chodron explores the history of Buddhist nuns in the West through her own experiences,…
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The Gift of Offering Service
Offering service is our chance to give something of value to the Three Jewels.
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Our top three priorities
By understanding impermanence and emptiness, our bodhicitta motivation becomes clear.
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Questions and answers on meditation
Teaching from Chapter 7, responding to questions on meditating on the dying process and how…
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