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An extensive library of Tibetan Buddhist texts, meditations, and audio courses by Dr. Alexander Berzin and others.
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How to Meditate
Dr. Alexander Berzin, Matt Lindén
How to get started with meditation? For most people, with meditation focusing on the breath and then generating love.
What Are Universal Ethics?
Geshe Dorji Damdul
Universal ethics are values that can be accepted by everyone on earth, and which lead to peace, harmony and happiness.
5 Buddhist Principles to Help Run a Business
Yury Milyutin
How to run a business and carry out a project based on Buddhist principles.
Avoiding the Ten Destructive Actions
Dr. Alexander Berzin
A look at the ten destructive ways of behaving – actions that create our unhappiness – and how to avoid them.
The Life of Atisha
Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
Impermanence as a Resource for Healthy Relationships
Dr. Alexander Berzin
The facts of impermanence touch every aspect of relationships with others. When we understand these facts, we can relate in a healthy, realistic manner.

Interviews

Read interviews with some of the world’s most esteemed Buddhist spiritual teachers and with scholars from various related disciplines.
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Interview with Dhammananda Bhikkhuni

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Interview with Robina Courtin
Matt Lindén
Venerable Robina Courtin discusses Buddhism’s radical nature, the power of self-therapy, and forgiveness as a result of compassion.
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Interview with the Nechung Oracle
Matt Lindén
Venerable Thupten Ngodup discusses the role of Dharma protectors in Buddhism, his experiences of going into trance, and the history of Nechung and Mongolia.

Buddhist Wisdom in Brief

Short teachings to inspire calm, compassion, wisdom and a happier mind.
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Unlocking Your Inner Buddha: Overcoming Ego & Depression #buddhistwisdom
Unlocking Your Inner Buddha: Overcoming Ego & Depression #buddhistwisdom
Give Back? You Took Too Much!
Give Back? You Took Too Much!
Five-year search for the reincarnation of his teacher ❤️ #buddhiststory
Five-year search for the reincarnation of his teacher ❤️ #buddhiststory
Everybody Wants to Be Happy
Everybody Wants to Be Happy
Discover Your True Nature: Beyond Social Conditioning #spiritualawakening
Discover Your True Nature: Beyond Social Conditioning #spiritualawakening
Buddhist Monk’s Journey: 3 Years of Walking in the Jungle 🌳 #buddhism
Buddhist Monk’s Journey: 3 Years of Walking in the Jungle 🌳 #buddhism

Buddhist Glossary

Key terms across traditions — Sanskrit, Tibetan, Pali
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Discerning meditation
A method for habituating oneself to an insight, understanding, or state of mind, with which one focuses on an object and generates the desired insight, understanding, or state of mind about it, through using the mental factors of gross detection (investigation) and subtle discernment (scrutiny). The method may also entail applying a line reasoning that one has already understood and become convinced of its validity.

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Commentary on “Kalachakra Body, Speech & Mind Mandala Sadhana” – Dr. Berzin
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Dr. Berzin’s explanation of the Kalachakra sadhana outlines the way of using generation and complete stage practices to purify karmic cycles, aiming to combine the clear light mind, voidness and great bliss into a single state to achieve Buddhahood.
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Interview with Robin Moore
Matt Lindén
Robin Moore explains what nirvana really means, talks about the illusion that we are steering our own lives, and explores why every Buddha in history was enlightened under a tree.
Historical Lessons for the Monastic Community
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Western Buddhist monastic communities should thoughtfully adapt Asian historical models to fit local culture while carefully preserving core Vinaya discipline.
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