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Venerable Thubten Chodron Questions about initiation and meditation
Rejoicing in receiving the Vajrasattva initiation from Lama Zopa. Clarifying various aspects of the meditation…
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Initial experiences of retreatants
Working through different states of mind and restless energy, changing the way we move in…
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A content and disciplined retreat mind
Using the retreat time to develop a healthier way of looking at our behavior. The…
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Rebirth: Is it really possible?
Examining one of the key concepts in the Buddhist worldview, which is that we are…
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A Buddhist perspective on friends
Buddhist teachings offer youth helpful tips in dealing with friendships: difficult friends, peer pressure, how…
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Taking and giving
The taking and giving meditation, or tonglen, reverses our usual attitude of placing ourselves first…
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Exchanging self and others
When we learn to place others' happiness above our own, we start to destroy the…
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The advantages of cherishing others
Our own enlightenment is dependent on each and every sentient being. When we abandon the…
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The disadvantages of self-centeredness
The self-centered mind is one of the chief obstacles to our attaining liberation and enlightenment.
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Equalizing self and others
The second method of generating bodhicitta, called equalizing and exchanging self and others, is discussed.
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The great resolve and bodhicitta
The decision we make in our Dharma practice to benefit all sentient beings is a…
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Great compassion
Just as love is the thought that we want all beings to have happiness, so…
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