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Three Principal Aspects of the Path

Remembering love and compassion

A discussion about working with afflictions, extending love to all beings, and the importance and…

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Three Principal Aspects of the Path

The life of Lama Tsongkhapa

The life story of the author of "The Three Principal Aspects of the Path," the…

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Three Principal Aspects of the Path

Starting with renunciation

Beginning the course on Lama Tsongkhapa's short lamrim text, "The Three Principal Aspects of the…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints 7-12

Teaching on the auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints focusing on those which aid the perfection of…

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Study Buddhist Treatises Podcast

Chapter 5: Verses 484-489

A comical explanation of the taking-and-giving meditation and beginning to teach on the last section…

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Stages of the Path to Awakening Podcast

Auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints 1-6

The first teaching on the 46 auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints, covering the first six which…

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Study Buddhist Treatises Podcast

Chapter 5: Verses 477-484

Teaching the "Twenty-Verse Prayer," focusing on verses of aspiration and dedication for self and others.

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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.
Amitabha

Refuge and the five lay precepts

Using the analogy of the Three Jewels as doctor, medicine and nurses for taking refuge.…

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Good Karma Short Retreats

The wheel of karmic cause and effect

The third of three talks given in Russia on verses from the poem, "The Wheel…

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An Open-Hearted Life

“An Open-Hearted Life”: Preface by Profe...

A look at the western psychological perspective on compassion and how it relates to the…

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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.
Amitabha

Amitabha practice: Prayer for the time of death, part 2

Continued explanation of the prayer for the time of death from the Amitabha sadhana. Meditating…

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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.
Amitabha

Amitabha practice: Prayer for the time of death, part 1

An explanation of the prayer for the time of death. Through practice and familiarity with…

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