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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: Verse 8
How understanding impermanence helps us view the true nature of self and develop a long…
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Discussion on kindness of others
Discussion on how we focus on self due to many factors and importance of caring…
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Methods to cultivate compassion
Techniques to transform our mind from cherishing self to cherishing others for cultivating compassion.
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Guided meditation on cyclic existence
Developing the aspiration to be free by examining the sufferings we have because of various…
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108 Verses: Verse 7
Importance of deeply looking at our sufferings and developing the motivation to overcome them for…
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108 Verses: Verses 1-6
How great compassion is central to the practice and guides the practitioners through the full…
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37 Practices: Verses 29-37
The perfections of concentration and wisdom, and the final verses on the practices of bodhisattvas.
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37 Practices: Verses 25-28
The first four of the six perfections. Retreatants share their experiences and growth.
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37 Practices: Verses 22-24
Emptiness - how everything exists by being labeled by mind, and the way we choose…
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37 Practices: Verses 16-21
Humility; enemies are created by anger; learning to slowly chip away at our -o'holic mind.
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37 Practices: Verses 10-15
Recognizing the kindness of all beings, our mothers, and taking our difficult experiences as tools…
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37 Practices: Verses 7-9
The relationship with our spiritual mentor is the most important one in our life. An…
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