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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How to develop wisdom
Learning about karma and practicing meditation deepens our understanding of the nature of reality.
View PostDisintegratedness of actions and rebirth
How karmic seeds and the disintegratedness of actions go from one life to the next…
View PostDeserving love
Reasons why people do not feel worthy of love. Having compassion and love for oneself…
View PostThe middle way view
Examining emptiness and the misconception of the self existent, permanent self; the relationship of the…
View PostUltimate and conventional existence
The ultimate nature of emptiness within the three aspects of the path, discussion of ultimate…
View PostWhy Buddhism?
Buddha's teachings attract people who are looking for a spiritual practice that creates inner peace…
View PostThe preliminaries
How the Buddhist teachings plant in our minds the seed of the realizations that will…
View PostThe Three Principal Aspects of the Path
Verses on the essence of the path to awakening by Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of…
View PostThe four noble truths
The truths of suffering and the causes of suffering, and cultivating a proper motivation for…
View PostGuided meditations on the lamrim
A step-by-step guide to the meditations associated with the lamrim, the gradual path to enlightenment.
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