Buddha nature
Teachings on buddha nature, the innate quality of the mind that enables all beings to attain enlightenment.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Laziness that interferes with practice
How laziness interferes with Dharma practice. What it means to be kind to ourselves and…
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The determination to be free
Understanding the meaning of renunciation, what we are wishing to be free from, the effects…
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Buddha nature and precious human life
Seeing our potential and the conducive circumstances we have to actualize it.
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The four noble truths
A look at the unsatisfactory nature of cyclic existence and how to practice the noble…
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Motivated to not harm
Not harming, verbally or mentally. Questions on how we react to someone's misfortune and on…
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Rebirth and karma
Understanding rebirth and its relationship to karma, and taking responsibility for our lives.
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Incarcerated people Letting go of guilt and shame
Overcoming guilt and shame by cultivating loving kindness for oneself first and then expanding it…
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Daishin, big mind
We can embrace our experiences, whether difficult or pleasant, in a way that is neither…
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Kitchen Dharma
A person in prison explores opportunities to practice the Dharma in difficult living and working…
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Basic goodness
The relationship between buddha nature and basic goodness, different ways to show compassion, and how…
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The Third Dalai Lama - Dec 1, 2006
The Third Dalai Lama Essence of Refined Gold
A treatise on the Lamrim Tradition of meditation, a tradition known as "Stages on the…
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Gender equality/inequality in Buddhism
How our own minds create our experience of gender equality. Addressing "problematic" text, situation of…
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