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Venerable Sangye Khadro The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas: Verses 27-32
Commentary on thought transformation verses on developing the far-reaching attitudes of fortitude, joyous effort, concentration…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas: Verses 23-26
Commentary on thought transformation verses that look at attachment and anger from the viewpoint of…
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Review of Chapter 3
Reviewing Chapter 3 discussing five aggregates and virtuous mental factors with examples.
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The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas: Verse 22
The way phenomena appear to us is dependent on our mind. A look at how…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Review of Chapter 2
Reviewing Chapter 2, leading a discussion on three types of phenomena and different types of…
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Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa Review of the four seals
Reviewing Chapter 1, discussing the four seals, three types of dukkha and emptiness.
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Khenpo Yeshi Lhundup Common and uncommon afflictions
The difference between uncommon and common afflictions, and the distinction between the coarse and subtle…
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Review session: Coarse and subtle selflessness
A review of Chandrakirti's assertions that hearer and solitary realizer arhats realize the emptiness of…
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Realizing emptiness by hearers and solitary realizers
Further explanation why Hearers and Solitary Realizers realize the emptiness of inherent existence and the…
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Review session: Bodhisattvas outshine through intell...
A review of the attainments of seventh ground bodhisattvas and the different levels of selflessness.
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Outshining through intelligence
How bodhisattvas outshine hearers and solitary realizers in intelligence and beginning the section on how…
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Review session: Bodhisattva paths and grounds
How the continuum of wisdom is divided into ten bodhisattva grounds.
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