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 Sangye Khadro What to do between sessions
Explaining the four causes to restrain the mind as what to do in the periods…
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How to see the spiritual mentor
Explaining the characteristics of a student and describing how to develop faith and three ways…
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The importance of a teacher
Explaining the qualities of a spiritual mentor, continuing the teaching from Chapter 4.
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How to explain the Dharma
Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, explaining the benefits of teaching the dharma and the proper…
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How to approach the Dharma
Explaining giving up the three faults of a vessel and relying on the six perceptions,…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron How to see yourself as you really are
How to loosen concrete ideas of our own and other people’s identities.
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The greatness of the Dharma
Explaining the greatness of the dharma from Chapter 2 and describing the benefits of listening…
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The roadmap to enlightenment
Covering Chapter 1, "Greatness of the Author" and beginning Chapter 2, "Greatness of the Dharma"
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What obscures our buddha nature
Explaining the remaining five similes, from the section, "Nine Similes for Tathāgatagarbha" and beginning the…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Review of Chapter Nine: Verses 1-4
Review on the first four verses of Chapter 9 of Shantideva's text.
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Like gold in filth
Explaining the third and fourth similes, from the section “Nine Similes of Tathagatagarbha”, in Chapter…
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Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal)