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Venerable Thubten Chodron 37 Practices: Verses 1-3
Making the lamrim personal, changing environments to change negative habits, and relaxing as we see…
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Ignorance, anger, purification
Retreat discussion on topics such as the four distortions, how anger destroys merit, using pain…
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Lama Tsongkhapa’s kindness
How Je Rinpoche brought immense benefit through his teachings on emptiness and lamrim, and how…
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37 Practices: Verses 4-6
Verses describing the miseries of samsara, the importance of thinking about beginningless lives, giving up…
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Discriminating wisdom
A discussion covering topics such as "bad friends," dealing with intense emotions, bad dreams, and…
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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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Denial of death
How to get to the appropriate feeling towards death; examining who it is that's making…
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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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Just go free-form
Taking refuge when something strange comes in the mind; how wonderful to be able to…
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Once you start, never stop
Bowing to anyone who creates merit and practices good conduct; a look at what hell…
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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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What are your non-negotiables?
Retreatants discuss what they can't let go of in their lives, and come to realize…
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