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Venerable Thubten Chodron Benefits of taking refuge
Taking refuge brings us closer to the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.
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The meaning of precepts
The beginning of the path to enlightenment is the taking of precepts.
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Guidelines after taking refuge
Integrating the practice of taking refuge and keeping precepts into daily life, and the benefits…
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Developing the qualities of a buddha
What a Buddha is, what a Buddha does, and how to become a Buddha.
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Taking the ache out of attachment
Looking at how attachment causes problems and real happiness comes from letting go of attachment.
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The meaning of refuge
The meaning and purpose of taking refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha.
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The truth of the origin of suffering
Looking at inappropriate attention and how it works in our mind, creating attachment and suffering.
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The truth of dukkha
Understanding dukkha helps us to cultivate the wish to be free from it.
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The mind and renunciation
The "garbage mind:" how it keeps returning us to cyclic existence over countless rebirths, and…
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