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 Thubten Chodron 108 Verses: Verses 15-19
How great compassion is an important quality of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha that makes them…
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108 Verses: Verses 1-14
Review of first 14 verses that describe the qualities of great compassion.
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi 
Practicing with adversity
Practices that can be used to transform adverse circumstances into the path.
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Transforming adversity into the path
Practical ways to practice mind training, looking at problems as opportunities to practice.
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Taking and giving meditation
Practical ways to use love and compassion for others when afflictions arise in daily life.
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Review: Transforming adversity
A review of recent talks on the taking and giving meditation and transforming adversity into…
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Resistance to practicing tonglen
How the taking and giving practice can transform our minds, making us happier.
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Eroding self-centeredness
How we can use the meditation on taking on the suffering of others to erode…
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Taking on the suffering of others
How to meditate on taking the suffering of others, beginning with taking on the suffering…
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Giving our virtue
How training the mind to become familiar with giving increases our generosity and the importance…
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Giving to others
Transforming our bodies into what helps others progress on the path and how to meditate…
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