ethical conduct
Teachings on ethical conduct, a fundamental Buddhist practice that is based on avoiding harmful actions and engaging in constructive actions.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Other life forms
Teaching from the sections "Other Life Forms" and "Fear or Hope at Death?" in Chapter…
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Why bodhicitta is so powerful
Finishing teaching on the ten fortunes of a precious human life and explaining why bodhicitta…
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Understanding our situation in samsara
Speaking on the importance of seeing sentient beings as precious and teaching on ten nonvirtues…
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Faith-based applications to gun violence prevention
A Christian pastor and Buddhist nun discuss gun violence prevention and promoting nonviolence from the…
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Looking beyond this life
Finishing Chapter 8 and beginning Chapter 9 "Looking Beyond This Life", covering sections "Gross and…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro How to prepare for death
Teaching on how to prepare ourselves for death, on the five powers, and answering questions…
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The eight worldly concerns
Teaching on how attachment to this life keeps us bound in samsara, exploring the eight…
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Nubpa Rigdzin Drak - Apr 6, 2020
Nubpa Rigdzin Drak ༄༅། །ནུབ་པ་རིག་འཛིན་གྲགས་ཀྱིས་མཛད་པའི་ཞེན་པ་བཞི་བྲལ་...
Instruction on parting from the four attachments by Nubpa Rigdzin Drak (bilingual-Tibetan/English).
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Nubpa Rigdzin Drak
- Apr 5, 2020
Freedom from the Four Fixations
English translation of the root text containing instructions on freedom from the four fixations by…
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Nubpa Rigdzin Drak
- Apr 5, 2020
Parting from the Four Attachments
English translation of the root text containing instructions on parting from the four attachments by…
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The difficulty of attaining a precious human life
Continuing from Chapter 8: “The Essence of a Meaningful Life” covering the section "Rare and…
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The essence of a meaningful life
Teaching from Chapter 8: “The Essence of a Meaningful Life" covering eight freedoms and ten…
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