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 Benefits of studying the grounds and paths
The motivations of different levels of spiritual practitioners, and why it is beneficial to study…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa The three levels of spiritual practitioner
A look at the three levels of spiritual practitioners and how to cultivate their main…
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Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism
The value of understanding the different Buddhist traditions.
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Cherishing others
A continuation of the review and the importance of thinking about the disadvantages of self-centered…
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The root of cyclic existence
A continuation of the review, and how important it is to eradicate the self-centered mind.
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Review: Establishments of mindfulness in Shantideva
A review of the final quiz on the four establishments of mindfulness.
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Quiz: Shantideva’s establishments of mindfulness
Quiz questions based on the teachings on the establishments of mindfulness from Chapter 9 of…
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Following the Buddha’s advice
Selflessness of feelings and mind with regards to the establishments of mindfulness.
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Buddhist traditions: finding what suits us
Similarities of the various traditions and the principal teachings common to all.
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Our craving for feelings and contact
Examining how our feelings arise dependently gives us an objective view of how they rule…
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Pleasant and unpleasant feelings
We are constantly motivated by attachment and aversion to feelings, which causes us to try…
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Analyzing the body
Analyzing the body helps to see how it does not exist inherently but does exist…
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