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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 55: The crazy elephant

How holding onto to negative thoughts and feelings damages and destroys our relationships with others.

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2014

Emptiness

Pithy instructions from the masters on how to meditate on emptiness.

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

The results of karma

The three mental non-virtues: coveting, malice and wrong views. The results of each of the…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 12: Verses 291-298

Refuting the views of non-Buddhist schools. Cultivating compassion for those with wrong views.

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2014

Cultivating bodhicitta

The seven-point cause-and-effect Instruction and exchanging self and others in order to generate the wish…

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2014

Four types of nirvana

Explains different types of nirvana and how they are viewed according to different Buddhist philosophical…

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2014

Buddha nature

The true nature of phenomena and the natural nirvana that is in the nature of…

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2014

The dukkha of pervasive conditioning

Discusses what cyclic existence is and how we are deceived when we think we can…

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2014

The dukkha of pain and change

The dukkha of pain and change are unavoidable in cyclic existence, hence we should strive…

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2014

Renouncing dukkha

Introduces the topic of renouncing the causes of suffering in cyclic existence.

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2014

The Chenrezig practice

A guided session of the full Chenrezig sadhana and meditation practice.

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2014

How to study, reflect, and meditate

Discusses the first verse of Parting from the Four Clingings, instructing to refrain from worldly…

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