purification
Teachings on practices that mitigate the force of our destructive actions, in particular on the four opponent powers. This is a four-step practice involving: 1) regretting our mistake, 2) restoring the relationship by generating a positive attitude towards the one we harmed, 3) resolving to avoid the harmful action in the future, and 4) doing some sort of remedial behavior.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Four opponent powers
Covering Verses 2.27-2.31 on the four opponent powers of purification.
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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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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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Freedom from the Four Fixations
English translation of the root text containing instructions on freedom from the four fixations by…
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Parting from the Four Attachments
English translation of the root text containing instructions on parting from the four attachments by…
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Collective karma and negativities to confess
How to set up a practical meditation schedule, the karma we create from group participation,…
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How we create negative karma
Continuing commentary on the 35 Buddha practice, discussing the varieties of ways we create negative…
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Confessing ethical downfalls
How to overcome self-hatred and work with anger towards others, giving commentary to the 35…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal The ten nonvirtues
The meaning of the Vajrasattva mantra and teaching the ripening results of the 10 non-virtuous…
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Applying antidotes to the afflictions
Taking advantage of our present situation Getting straight about virtue and nonvirtue Remembering and applying…
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The general characteristics of karma
The four general characteristics of karma: karma is certain, it expands, we only experience what…
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