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Venerable Thubten Chodron The third nonvirtue of speech: Harsh speech (part 2)
When adults scare children by saying there are ghosts, this is a form of harsh…
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The third nonvirtue of speech: Harsh speech (part 1)
Harsh speech includes criticizing, denigrating, and humiliating others. Or we may scold others to “guide”…
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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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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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The first nonvirtue of speech: Lying (part 2)
We have to observe the situations in which we tell lies. If we have done…
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The first nonvirtue of speech: Lying (part 1)
The Buddha pointed out four types of speech that we should avoid, the first of…
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Identifying the person
Teaching on how to identify the conventionally existent person and challenge its appearance of being…
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Concentration, wisdom, and spiritual teachers
Explaining the last three verses of wisdom from the Kadam masters, which focus on concentration,…
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Amitabha practice: Dedication verses
Venerable Thubten Chodron finishes her commentary to the Amitabha sadhana, explaining the dedication verses.
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Amitabha practice: Practice while we are alive
Finishing the commentary to the Prayer for the Time of Death, urging us to practice…
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Amitabha practice: Fear at time of death
Commentary to the second verse of the Prayer for the Time of Death, with focus…
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Amitabha practice: Prayer for the time of death
Venerable Chodron begins her commentary to the prayer for the time of death, covering the…
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