Deity Meditation
Teachings from annual weeklong and three-month deity meditation retreats.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Basic goodness
The relationship between buddha nature and basic goodness, different ways to show compassion, and how…
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Creating identities
How our conceptions create our reality; how hanging on to a personal identity affects our…
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Looking for the “I”
Looking for the "I" and how the conventional "I" operates in the world. How to…
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Meditation on emptiness
How to deal with attachment to what others think of us; meditating on compassion and…
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Bodhisattva practices
A bodhisattva's mind; the purpose of meditating on death and impermanence; the role of intellect…
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Transition to daily life following retreat
Suggestions on how to transition from retreat. Reflections on the three-month Chenrezig retreat.
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Introduction to Chenrezig practice
An overview of the practice of Chenrezig, explaining the meaning and purpose of visualization and…
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Chenrezig retreat discussion: Part 1
Being kind and skillful yet incredibly firm. Being an effective, capable human being, not a…
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Chenrezig retreat discussion: Part 2
A discussion on the many aspects of karma; purifying negative actions through four opponent powers.
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Eight verses of thought transformation: Verses 1-3
Seeing others as karmic bubbles in order to loosen our rigid conception of them.
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Eight verses of thought transformation: Verses 4-5
Looking into our hearts, seeing that we all want happiness and we do not want…
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