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 Six perfections and three higher trainings
What makes the three higher trainings higher--rather than just ordinary--is the long-term motivation of attaining…
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The root of samsara
How things and self are merely imputed by thought and how ignorance is the root…
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Thubten Jampel Friendship
The importance of cultivating positive relationships. How we can love others without being attached to…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Review: Teachings on emptiness
A review of the beginning of the section on cultivating ultimate bodhicitta: creating the causes…
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Kelsang Gyatso, the Seventh Dalai Lama - Apr 16, 2010
Kelsang Gyatso, the Seventh Dalai Lama A Song of the Four Mindfulnesses
These verses serve as a reminder to let go of critical thoughts, cultivate compassion, and…
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Emptiness of phenomena
How phenomena are designated by thought. Anger is presented as an example to show that…
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Parent-child relationships
How expectations and misconceptions can lead to difficulties in parent-child relationships.
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Ultimate and conventional existence
How the mind grasps at a truly existing "I," and how ultimate analysis or probing…
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Six root afflictions: Wrong views, part 2
Part 2 of wrong views with an emphasis on the three kinds of nihilistic views
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Six root afflictions: Wrong views
An explanation of the six kinds of wrong views outlined by the Buddha.
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Selflessness, karma, and rebirth
A discussion about the different philosophical tenet systems, whether they all aim for buddhahood, how…
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