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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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

“Precious Garland” review: Quiz 7 questi...

Venerable Thubten Tarpa leads a review on Quiz 7 questions 4-7, on the qualities we…

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Four Truths for the Aryas

The intention to lie

The intention to deceive is present when we lie, but it's often so subtle that…

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Four Truths for the Aryas

Attributes of true paths: Accomplishment and irrever...

The last two attributes of true paths and encouragement to meditate on all 16 attributes.

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Thangka image of the Buddha.
Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Twenty-Verse Prayer from Nagarjuna’s “Precious...

Twenty verses that Nagarjuna encourages us to recite three times a day to accumulate the…

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Man with eyes closed.
Prison Poetry

A glimpse into the ultimate

A powerful meditation on using the mind to shatter illusions.

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Wisdom

Overcoming attachment to identities

Each identity we dismantle is another weight lifted from our shoulders.

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Stephen listening to a teaching and smiling.
On Refuge and Bodhicitta

Self-acceptance

A student contemplates connecting with his own experience in order to develop compassion for others.

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