wisdom
Teachings on how to cultivate wisdom on many different levels, ranging from the wisdom that understands karma and its effects, the four truths, and how to benefit others, to the wisdom realizing the ultimate nature of reality.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Freedoms and fortunes of a precious human life
Covering verses 1.1c-1.4 on Shantideva’s purpose for writing the text and the eight freedoms and…
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Introduction and homage
Giving an overview of the text and covering the Verse on Shantideva’s homage to the…
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The Middle Way view
Talking about heart-warming love and compassion and teaching on attachment to inherently existent things and…
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The Buddhist worldview
Introducing the text 'Parting from the Four Attachments' and discussing key ideas in the Buddhist…
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Nubpa Rigdzin Drak ༄༅། །ནུབ་པ་རིག་འཛིན་གྲགས་ཀྱིས་མཛད་པའི་ཞེན་པ་བཞི་བྲལ་...
Instruction on parting from the four attachments by Nubpa Rigdzin Drak (bilingual-Tibetan/English).
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Freedom from the Four Fixations
English translation of the root text containing instructions on freedom from the four fixations by…
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Parting from the Four Attachments
English translation of the root text containing instructions on parting from the four attachments by…
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The essence of a meaningful life
Teaching from Chapter 8: “The Essence of a Meaningful Life" covering eight freedoms and ten…
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Examples illustrating rebirth
Concluding the teaching from Chapter 7 of the book “The Foundation of Buddhist Practice.” covering…
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Making requests, receiving blessings, and gaining re...
Teaching from Chapter 6 of the book "The Foundation of Buddhist Practice", covering making requests,…
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Interrelationship of the lamrim topics
Teaching from Chapter 6 of the book "The Foundation of Buddhist Practice", covering the interrelationship…
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The actual session and dedications
Teaching from Chapter 6 of the book "The Foundation of Buddhist Practice", covering "The Actual…
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