Venerable Jampa reflects on the benefits to be gained by living in a community of monastics.
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Cultivating equanimity
How does one deal with one’s own judgmental mind? A student examines the benefits of applying equanimity to oneself, and then to others.
“Precious Garland” review: Quiz 7 questions 4-7
Venerable Thubten Tarpa leads a review on Quiz 7 questions 4-7, on the qualities we look out for in good friends and strive to cultivate ourselves.
Attributes of true paths: Accomplishment and irreversible
The last two attributes of true paths and encouragement to meditate on all 16 attributes.
Attributes of true paths: Path and suitable
Why it’s important to know that there is a path to liberation and that it is the true antidote to our suffering.
Attributes of true cessations: Magnificent and Freedom
Why nirvana is magnificent and definite emergence from cyclic existence.
Attributes of true cessations: Cessation and peace
Venerable Thubten Chodron teaches on the first two attributes of true cessations.
Twenty-Verse Prayer from Nagarjuna’s “Precious Garland”
Twenty verses that Nagarjuna encourages us to recite three times a day to accumulate the immeasurable merit for attaining Buddhahood.
A glimpse into the ultimate
A powerful meditation on using the mind to shatter illusions.
Self-acceptance
A student contemplates connecting with his own experience in order to develop compassion for others.