Teachings
Teachings on the Buddhist worldview from introductory talks to comprehensive explanations of the stages of the path to awakening.
About Buddhist Teachings
It is said that the Buddha gave more than 84,000 teachings on how to attain liberation and full awakening. We are fortunate to have qualified living teachers who can explain these teachings and show us how to put them into practice in modern life.
Here, you’ll find everything from an introduction to the Buddhist worldview to in-depth commentaries from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition on the stages of the path to awakening, thought training, and Buddhist philosophy. Explore commentaries pages here.
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Bodhisattva Path
How to become a bodhisattva, a great being intent on attaining full awakening for the benefit of all beings.
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Buddhist Worldview
An overview of core Buddhist concepts: the four truths of the aryas, rebirth, karma, refuge, and more.
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For Young People
Teachings from the annual Young Adults Explore Buddhism program and talks especially for youths.
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Library of Wisdom and Compassion
Teachings on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s commentary on the stages of the path for a Western audience.
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New to Buddhism
Short talks introducing the Buddhist worldview and teachings based on Venerable Thubten Chodron’s introductory books.
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Stages of the Path
Lamrim teachings provide a step-by-step approach to practicing the entire path to awakening.
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Thought Training
Teachings that help us transform our minds to see people and events we find challenging from a Dharma perspective.
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Wisdom
Cultivate wisdom that can overcome ignorance at all levels and lead to the attainment of liberation and full awakening.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Bodily formation and four postures
Continuing with the practice of breathing meditation, specifically Calming the Bodily Formation, and also the…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Meaning of the words convention and truth
Explanation of the different meanings of conventional truth.
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe How the buddha taught the dharma
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe describes the different ways in which the Buddha taught the Dharma.
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Mindfulness of breathing
Concluding an overview of mindfulness of the body and explaining the first meditation object for…
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The purpose of dividing the two truths
How the two truths are one entity but different isolates.
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Bodhisattvas are born from the universal vehicle
A teaching on how the universal vehicle scriptures should be accepted as the buddha’s word.
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Mindfulness of the body
Reviewing the four mindfulnesses in general, and then explaining the section on mindfulness of the…
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Go for great happiness; don’t attach to small happin...
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe describes the wisdom of enduring small sufferings in order to avoid greater…
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Shared and specific characteristics
Covering a general description of the four establishments of mindfulness, and also the shared and…
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More on the emptiness of uncompounded phenomena
Why uncompounded phenomena are empty of inherent existence.
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