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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Impermanence, dukkha and selflessness
Questions and answers on the first seal followed by teachings on the second seal: all…
View PostPracticing with a year of illness
Venerable Thubten Semkye shares on how embracing a physical ailment challenged her concepts of the…
View PostKarma and the wish for freedom
An explanation of karma. How to benefit ourselves and others by developing the ten virtues.
View PostSamsaric pleasures and developing concentration
Seeking pleasant feelings and avoiding pain are due to ignorance of the nature of self…
View PostThe Greater Discourse on the “Lion’s Roar Sutt...
Don't waste your time practicing ascetiscism, but do develop the fortitude to practice. Making the…
View PostContemplating death
How thinking about death can make our lives more meaningful and how Dharma practice can…
View PostPrecious human life
The meaning, purpose and rarity of the freedoms and fortunes of a precious human life…
View PostThe noble eightfold path
How the noble eightfold path is organized under the three higher trainings; practices related to…
View PostThe four noble truths
The importance of the four noble truths and how understanding the truth of suffering prepares…
View PostVerse 40-8: Discriminating wisdom
How we need discriminating wisdom in all aspects of our lives so that we can…
View PostMind is the creator of our experience
The essence of Buddhist philosophy and psychology together with practical tools for immediate implementation in…
View PostVerse 40-1: Faith in the Three Jewels
What faith means in a Buddhist context, seeing the good qualities in something that is…
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