Sravasti Abbey
Teachings that were presented at Sravasti Abbey.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Know your mind: Object-ascertaining and virtuous men...
Explanation of the five object-ascertaining mental factors and the first three virtuous mental factors —faith,…
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Know your mind: Omnipresent mental factors
The similarities shared by main minds and mental factors, and the five omnipresent mental factors…
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Know your mind: Introduction to minds and mental fac...
An overview of the definition of mind, sense and mental consciousnesses. Explanation of main minds…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Afflictions, our real enemy
Finishing teaching from Chapter 4, describing how to see afflictions as our real enemy and…
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Compassionate communication
How to bring compassion to our communication and how to look at situations objectively without…
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Meditation on compassion for our enemies
A guided analytical meditation to cultivate compassion for those we have difficulty with or who…
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Counterforces to the afflictions
Teaching from Chapter 4, describing various counterforces to the afflictions, such as anger, attachment, jealousy,…
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Feelings and the ethical dimension of afflictions
Continuing the teachings from Chapter 4, explaining the relationship between three types of feelings and…
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Monasticism in the West
A question and answer session about Buddhist monasticism in the West.
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21st-century Buddhists
Ethical conduct and compassion are the keys to happiness for ourselves and for all sentient…
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