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Essentials
Achieving Peace through Inner Peace
The 14th Dalai Lama
World peace begins with finding inner peace through warm-hearted relations with others.
What Is Karma?
Dr. Alexander Berzin, Matt Lindén
A concise explanation of karma from the Buddhist point of view.
How to Develop Compassion
Dr. Alexander Berzin, Matt Lindén
Buddhist methods for developing compassion, the beneficial state of mind wishing for others to be free of their suffering.

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Tibetan Buddhism
Letter to a Friend
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna wrote this poem as a letter to his friend, King Gautamiputra, as advice on the practice of the entire Buddhist path leading to liberation for both householders and monastics.
Spread of Buddhism in Asia
Dr. Alexander Berzin
A short introduction to how Buddhism spread from its beginnings in northern India to become the major belief system across much of Asia.
The Relevance of Karma in Our Daily Lives
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Understanding karma helps us begin to comprehend what happens to us in lives and to influence what will happen in the future.

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Advanced Studies
Objects of Cognition: Gelug Presentation
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Cognitions have numerous cognitive objects and the various Indian Buddhist schools of tenets differ in their explanations of them for the various ways of knowing.
Ignorance According to Vaibhashika
Dr. Alexander Berzin
According to Vaibhashika, ignorance is an anti-knowing mental factor that merely stupefies the mind regarding the four noble truths.
Traditional Way of Studying Ways of Knowing: Debate
Dr. Alexander Berzin
The Tibetan debate process is a learning and clarifying process for ways of knowing, which is then intended for application in meditation and in practice.

Interviews

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Interview with Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron

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Interview with Phra Anil Sakya
Matt Lindén
Phra Anil Sakya discusses the nature of dukkha, the role of the five precepts, and the Buddhist approach to death.
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Interview with Geshe Tashi Tsering
Matt Lindén
Geshe Tashi Tsering explores the future of Buddhism, the meaning of renunciation, and how to deal with envy.

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From Violence to Transformation in Buddhism and Islam
Dr. Mohamed Ashath (Ashath Siraas)
Buddhism and Islam both teach that even the most violent people are able to transform if they repent their past actions and change their ways.
Reflecting on the Suffering in the Worse States of Samsaric Rebirth
Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
In Buddhism the reflection on suffering is essential because it reveals the full extent of samsara and motivates a sincere wish for liberation.
Facing Death Realistically
Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
The lam-rim textual tradition emphasizes the importance of reflection on death at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of the spiritual path.
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