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Healing from Gun Violence

Hope after the Sandy Hook school shooting

Working with difficult emotions and cultivating compassion in response to the shooting at Sandy Hook…

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Stages of the Path

The six far-reaching practices

How the six far-reaching practices work together enabling us to progress on the path.

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Stages of the Path

Developing bodhicitta

Explanation of the meditation on equalizing and exchanging self and others to develop bodhicitta.

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Stages of the Path

Equalizing and exchanging self and other

Explanation of equalizing and exchanging self and others as well as a special meditation on…

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Stages of the Path

Seven-point cause and effect

Developing bodhicitta, first by meditating on exchanging and equalizing self with others, then following the…

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Stages of the Path

Samsara and dukkha

Looking at the disadvantages of cyclic existence to develop a determination to be free from…

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Stages of the Path

Karma

An in-depth look at the intricacies of karma: its characteristics, factors, results, and weight; helping…

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Stages of the Path

Refuge

What is means to take refuge, how to create the causes, and why the Three…

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Stages of the Path

Death and impermanence

The importance and benefits of contemplating death, complemented by explanation of the nine-point death meditation.

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Refuge in the Three Jewels

The concept of refuge

A short teaching on what refuge means, why we take refuge and what we're taking…

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Stages of the Path

Precious human life

Recognizing the freedoms and fortunes of a precious human life, how rare such an opportunity…

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Building Trust

How do we make ourselves trustworthy?

A look at ways of cultivating qualities that make us more trustworthy.

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