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Exploring Monastic Life 2015

Reducing attachment, cultivating confidence

An example of how to meditate to loosen our craving for others' approval. The right…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2015

Letting go of identities

Becoming aware of the identities we cling to and how they hinder our spiritual practice.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2015

Taking precepts

Working with our attachment to approval by counteracting self-centered thoughts, and the various types of…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2015

Ethical conduct on the path

Where ethical conduct fits into the Buddhist path, and the benefits of practicing ethical conduct.

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Gomchen Lamrim

The four great qualities of the lamrim

A brief Introduction to the text, and author. The four points showing the greatness of…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Chapter 1: Verses 36-38

Looking at the causes of rebirth in samsara, its unsatisfactory nature, and the causes for…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2015

The evolution of the Dharma and the vinaya

The Buddha's milieu, and how the sangha and Buddhism spread after the Buddha's parinibbana.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2015

The Buddha’s life and teaching

On the purpose of bowing, recitations and offering the mandala before teachings. The Buddha's life…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2015

The purpose of the EML program

An introduction to the course and the challenges that we all have to look forward…

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Essence of a Human Life

Letting go of worldly concerns

The difficulty of overcoming attachment to our reputation, and how it is a great hindrance…

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Middle Way Philosophy

Western perspectives on Tsongkhapa

Returning to Chapa chos kyi seng ge's refutation of Chandrakirti, which foreshadows Tsongkhapa.

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Middle Way Philosophy

Conventional and ultimate nature

How Tsongkhapa refutes the Svatantrika view of conventional existence, while retaining the possibility of understanding…

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