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How to Deal with Anxiety
Matt Lindén
Tips for overcoming anxiety, to live a more confident life.
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What Is Happiness?
Dr. Alexander Berzin, Matt Lindén
A short introduction to the Buddhist idea of happiness.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Message to COP26
The 14th Dalai Lama
Message from His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the occasion of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26).

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The Heart Sutra
This short text on prajnaparamita (the perfection of wisdom) presents the essence of the far-reaching discriminating awareness of voidness (emptiness). It is recited and meditated upon throughout the Mahayana Buddhist world.
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What Is Mahamudra?
Dr. Alexander Berzin
An introduction to the practice of mahamudra in the Gelug and Karma Kagyu traditions.
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Common Misunderstandings about Tantra
Dr. Alexander Berzin
A look at common misunderstandings people have about tantra.

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Advanced Studies
A Balanced Approach to Buddhism
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Learn how to balance the intellectual, the emotional and the devotional approach we have toward the Dharma.
Commentary on “Uttaratantra” – The Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama
This text speaks about the Three Precious Gems, from which we take refuge and about the basis on the mental continuums of all of us, namely Buddha-nature, that allows for our actualizing a highest state of enlightenment.
Living and Working in a Multireligious Society
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Harmony in a multireligious society comes from education about each other’s beliefs and customs and, from knowledge, comes respect.

Interviews

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Interview with Matthieu Ricard

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Interview with Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche II
Matt Lindén
Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche II talks about the pressures of the tulku system, the differences between Buddhists in the West and his homeland of Spiti, and the importance of compassion.
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Interview with Ringu Tulku
Matt Lindén
Ringu Tulku discusses how to find happiness in the most dire of situations, whether anger can ever be useful, and what Buddhism really is.

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Matt Lindén
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