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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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Dismantling personal identity

Examining how our mind puts parts together through a conceptual process and see the object…

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Seven-point Mind Training

Review: Precepts of mind training

How we can apply the mind training slogans during our daily activities and interactions.

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Seven-point Mind Training

Six types of inverted deeds

The six types of inverted deeds to avoid in practice, and the benefits of practicing…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Thinking about emptiness

The wisdom realizing emptiness has the ability to cut the root of suffering once and…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Working on our attachments

We don't need to keep trying new things in order to see how attachment works.…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Questioning our perceptions

An explanation of how emptiness and dependent arising do not contradict each other.

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Seven-point Mind Training

Cultivating compassion

Creating conditions beneficial to practice, cultivating compassion without bias, and intellectual versus emotional compassion.

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Independent and dependent existence

The contrast between independent and dependent existence, and an explanation of the difference between permanent…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Emptiness and worldly appearances

Emptiness is not simply another quality of a sense object, like color or shape, but…

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Older female hands clasping each other.
On Love, Compassion, and Bodhicitta

Wisdom from Great Aunt Ga-ga

A person in prison remembers his great-aunt and the wealth of advice she gave. He…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Tara’s wisdom

Further explanations of doing the Tara sadhana and what different sections mean. The various kinds…

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