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Venerable Thubten Chodron The benefits and causes of bodhicitta
How bodhicitta, our true friend and refuge, makes our lives more meaningful.
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The advantages of bodhicitta
Why should we pursue the Buddhist ideal of being of benefit to all living beings?…
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Meditations on kindness, gratitude and love
Learning to love and cherish others, even those who really make us angry.
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Sufferings of cyclic existence
We can ground our intention to be free from the endless cycle of samsara by…
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Infallible effects of karma
Avoiding and purifying the negative karma created through the actions of our body, speech, and…
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General characteristics of karma
Karma is definite, expandable, doesn't get lost, and results from the causes that we have…
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Imagining your death
The Buddhist practice of meditation on our own deaths can free our minds from the…
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Nine-point death meditation
By reflecting carefully and thoroughly on death and impermanence, we reach the conclusion that we…
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Rarity of a precious human rebirth
Contemplating the rarity of a precious human life complete with both the ability and the…
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Precious human rebirth
How we can use our precious human life to advance ourselves on the Dharma path.
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The eight worldly concerns
How to work with mental obstacles that keep us from practicing the Dharma.
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Renunciation
We are stuck in cyclic existence. Through the teachings, we see the problems of cyclic…
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