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 108 Verses: Verses 57-62
How one has the potential to attain enlightenment by changing one's own thoughts and mind.
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Illusion-like appearance
How things and persons appear like illusions; the correct meaning of "illusion-like appearance" and ways…
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Serenity and insight
How insight is the union of serenity and the correct view of selflessness: what serenity…
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Selflessness of phenomena
An explanation of the lack of an inherently existing "mine," and the selflessness of phenomena.…
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The source of happiness and misery
How to apply the teachings to our lives in a practical way.
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Colleagues and clients
Bringing our practice into the workplace to transform habitual ways of relating to others.
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An inherently existent self
How to investigate if the self is inherently different from the aggregates and steps in…
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The self and the aggregates
Selflessness of persons: how to investigate if the self is inherently one with the aggregates.
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Review: Object of negation
A review of the commentary on identifying the object of negation: the reasoning used to…
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Mindfulness for ethics, concentration, and wisdom
The importance of mindfulness in all three of the higher trainings, with an emphasis on…
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Establishing selflessness
Three mistaken approaches to determining selflessness and the order for establishing selflessness.
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Mindfulness and introspective awareness
The importance of mindfulness and introspective awareness in our everyday lives.
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