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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Exploring Monastic Life 2013

Vinaya of the seven recent Buddhas

How a short verse of vinaya can be expanded to encourage contemplation of Buddhist principles.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2013

Time well spent

Reflecting on how the Exploring Monastic Life program is structured around Dharma practice.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 3: Verses 51-66

Geshe Thabkhe teaches on Chapter 3, on abandoning the view of the cleanliness of the…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 2: Summary and discussion

Geshe Thabkhe outlines the discussion between proponents of truly existent pleasure and suffering and those…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 1: Verses 1-8

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe begins the teachings on abandoning the belief in permanence by covering Verses…

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Emptiness does not mean nothingness

A teaching on the difference between conventional and ultimate analysis of objects in order to…

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Apprehending objects and the impact of interrelatedness

Explaining the three ways of seeing objects. Showing how impermanent phenomena depend on each other…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapters 1-2: Verses 25-34

How the mistaken view of the body as a source of pleasure leads to dukkha,…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 1: Verses 11-24

How practicing the Dharma will be of the greatest benefit at the time of death,…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Review of Chapter 1: Remembering death

Meditations on death. How remembering death give us an incentive to practice.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 1: Verses 1-10

The benefits of reflecting on death, how to contemplate death with wisdom, and refuting misconceptions…

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