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 Mindfulness in the Mahayana
How mindfulness helps us understand duhkha and overcome the four misconceptions.
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Mindfulness of feelings
Concluding mindfulness of the body and introducing mindfulness of feelings.
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Mindfulness of the body
Mindfulness of postures and actions, body parts, and the four elements.
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Mindfulness of breathing and the body
Introducing the four establishments of mindfulness beginning with mindfulness on the body.
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Introducing the Ornament for Clear Realization
Overview of the text and the four establishments of mindfulness covered in this course.
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Dealing with difficult emotions
Venerable Sangye Khadro shares strategies for working with uncertainty and grief.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Helpful and unhelpful friends
Responses to questions and commentary on verses about spiritual friends.
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Karmic consequences of the ten nonvirtues
Why we should avoid engaging in killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct.
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Serving others instead of exploiting them
How to overcome miserliness and being mistreated by others.
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The four characteristics of karma
More about the characteristics of karma and how to overcome mental suffering.
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A short overview of the Buddhist worldview
Introduction to the Buddhist worldview and "The Wheel of Sharp Weapons."
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