Thubten Chodron
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Overcoming self-centeredness
Investigating the way self-centeredness causes problems and how to overcome it.
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Seeing things clearly
Examining conventional and ultimate existence and searching for an inherent self.
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Caught in the four currents
Examining the situation for all beings in cyclic existence and how bodhicitta helps.
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Suffering is a result of how we think
How seeing the world through the eyes of a victim make us unhappy.
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Renunciation, bodhicitta and the wisdom realizing em...
How renunciation, bodhicitta and the wisdom realizing emptiness lead to true happiness.
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Compassion in our country
How harming others is actually harming ourselves and the importance of compassion.
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Buddhist Monastic Experience
How Tibetan Buddhism can help modern people live ethically and with compassion.
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Compassion in the workplace
How to repay the kindness of others using our unique talents and abilities.
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Master the core of practice, rise to the challenge
Reflections on building a vibrant Buddhist community in the modern age.
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Conducive conditions to develop serenity
Explaining the six essential conditions necessary for developing serenity in retreat, drawing from Indian and…
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Commitments and instructions of mind training
The measure of having transformed one’s thoughts, the commitments of thought training, and instructions of…
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The five powers in life and death
Changing adverse circumstances into the path and elucidating a lifetime’s practice.
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