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

Amitabha practice: Mantra recitation and visualization

Explanation of the visualization and purification during the mantra recitation. Continuation of the disadvantages of…

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

Amitabha practice: Chanting and visualization

Explanation and demonstration of the Amitabha Buddha chanting. The meaning of the chants, their purpose…

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

Introduction to the Amitabha practice

Introduction to the meditation on Amitabha Buddha. The benefit of being reborn in a pure…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

“Precious Garland” review: Quiz 8 questi...

Venerable Thubten Chonyi reviews the infinite merit required to attain the Buddha's bodies and the…

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Good Karma Short Retreats

The basic principles of karma

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

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Cultivating Compassion

Meditating on taking and giving

Imagining taking on all the suffering of others in order to destroy our own self-centred…

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Cultivating Compassion

Equanimity in daily life

How to fit the practice of equanimity into our daily lives, and outlining the taking-and-giving…

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Cultivating Compassion

Obstacles to compassion

Exploring the meditation on the kindness of others, and various obstacles to compassion, including the…

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Cultivating Compassion

Meditating on equanimity

A meditation on equanimity, in which we imagine those whom we currently find challenging in…

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Cultivating Compassion

Composed compassion

How to take responsibility for cultivating compassion in our own lives.

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Gomchen Lamrim

Gomchen Lamrim review: Cultivating compassion

Venerable Thubten Chonyi explores the concept of compassion by reviewing equalizing and exchanging self and…

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