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Karuna the cat sits on a meditation cushion.
Cultivating Compassion

Our capacity for kindness

Cultivating compassion for specific groups of people and how this inner work transforms our everyday…

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Karuna the cat sits on a meditation cushion.
Cultivating Compassion

Becoming our own best friend

How to cultivate a healthy long-term friendship with ourselves. Learning to recognize the self-centered thought…

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Karuna the cat sits on a meditation cushion.
Cultivating Compassion

Developing compassion

Definition of compassion and the conditions we already have in place to cultivate it.

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Abandoning the 10 nonvirtues, part 1

Review of the first five of the ten non-virtuous pathways: killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying,…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Meditation and review on equanimity

Two meditations to develop equanimity, an attitude of equal care and concern for all sentient…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Precious Garland review: Characteristics of karma

With an understanding of the four general characteristics of karma we will see the importance…

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Grounds and Paths

Buddhahood and individual liberation

Responding to a viewer's question on how individual liberation fits into the path to buddhahood.

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 108: The root of all goodness

The conclusion of the series, on the clear light nature of the mind and how…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Chapter 1: Verses 14-19

By reflecting on the results of actions we can change our behavior to have conducive…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 107: The legs and eyes of the path

How the practices on the method and wisdom sides of the path correspond to the…

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