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Meditation

Developing equanimity

How to meditate on equanimity as the prelude to developing loving kindness and compassion.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Sources, contact, feeling

Teaching from Chapter 7, covering the fifth link six sources in Pali tradition and covering…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Respecting sentient beings

Giving commentary to Verses 113-116, elaborating on why we should cherish and respect sentient beings…

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Monastic Life

Being mindful of our precepts and values

Our real practice is to reformat how we think and then change our lives.

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Meditation

Compassion

The three causes of omniscience: compassion, bodhicitta, and skillful means.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Six sources

Teaching from Chapter 7, explaining name and form in Pali tradition and describing the fifth…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Cherishing our enemies

Covering Verses 104-112 of Chapter 6 "Patience" and exploring various reasonings for why we should…

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Love and Self-esteem

The path to self-acceptance

Learn to let go of unrealistic expectations and develop good qualities by practicing self-acceptance and…

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Meditation

Hearing, thinking, and meditating

Teaching on a text that was written in response to a debate in Tibet in…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Name and form

Teaching from Chapter 7, covering the third link according to the Pali tradition and explaining…

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Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Working with fear and anxiety

How to work with fear and anxiety that arise based on the afflictions and transform…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Help and harm

Covering Verses 97-105 of Chapter 6 on how we can see those who harm us…

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