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 Verse 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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Emptiness and the object of negation, part 2
Q & A focusing on taking away the appearance of an object or person.
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Emptiness and the object of negation, part 1
How to identify the object of negation by taking away the appearance of something or…
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Emptiness and the object of negation, part 3
How the sense of an "I" appears to us yet cannot be found when investigating.
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Wisdom, renunciation, and attachment
A discussion covering the topics of great and profound wisdom, emptiness and attachment, how vipassana…
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Verse 31: Seeing someone suffering
How compassion differs from personal distress and how to cultivate compassion without falling to apathy.…
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Verse 30-2: The bliss of a buddha
The meaning of the term "the bliss of the Buddha." Considering the removal of the…
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Verse 27: Empty containers
Transforming the appearance of an empty container into the wish that all beings be empty…
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Explanation of the Dorje Khadro fire offering
Visualizations of empowering deities, offering and praise, mantra explanation, and ending instructions for the Dorje…
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Doubting one’s capabilities
Doubting our own capabilities brings a lot of useless anxiety. What we don't know, we…
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The need for correct discernment
We need to be able to discern whether our fear is based on a clear…
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Fear of losing things
Fear of poverty can make it difficult to be generous. Practicing giving helps us loosen…
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