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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Venerable Sangye Khadro Introduction to samsara and nirvana
Introducing the concepts of samsara and nirvana and delving into 8 types of suffering.
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Guided prostrations to the 35 Buddhas practice
Venerable Khadro leads participants through the Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas practice.
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The benefits of making offerings
The benefits of making offerings plus two guided meditations for accumulating merit and purification.
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Karma and purifying the mind
An introduction to purification practice and different activities we can do to create merit.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Commitments and instructions of mind training
The measure of having transformed one’s thoughts, the commitments of thought training, and instructions of…
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The five powers in life and death
Changing adverse circumstances into the path and elucidating a lifetime’s practice.
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The four characteristics of karma
How purification is possible and an introduction to the four characteristics of karma.
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Which causes are we creating?
How generosity and ethical conduct help us to accumulate merit and why this matters.
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A zillion reasons to love sentient beings
Exploring the advantages of loving-kindness and how to develop this beneficial quality.
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Bodhicitta and working with adversity
Conventional bodhicitta and how it helps us in this time of the five degenerations.
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The great scope of the lamrim
Bodhicitta, the wisdom realizing emptiness and a surprise birthday celebration!
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The preliminaries & ultimate bodhichitta
Introduction to the "Seven-point Mind Training" by Geshe Chekawa and the first two points.
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