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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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What Is Mind?
Dr. Alexander Berzin, Matt Lindén
A short introduction to the mind and mental activity in Buddhism.
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5 Buddhist Principles to Help Run a Business
Yury Milyutin
How to run a business and carry out a project based on Buddhist principles.

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Tibetan Buddhism
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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.
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Buddhist Advice on Death and Dying
The 14th Dalai Lama
Advice on how to face death and help those who are dying.
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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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Advanced Studies
Lorig: Ways of Knowing
Dr. Alexander Berzin
According to the Sautrantika tenet system, there are seven ways of knowing an object. To understand the seven in more detail, we first need to know what a way of knowing (“lorig” in Tibetan) is.
The Origin of the Universe According to Kalachakra
Dr. Alexander Berzin
The evolution of a universe is intimately connected with the karma of the limited beings that will be reborn into it.
History of the Early Period of Buddhism & Bon in Tibet
Dr. Alexander Berzin
A survey of the political interaction of Buddhist and Bon factions in Tibet from the earliest time to the 11th-century revival of Buddhism.

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 Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

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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 Mingyur Rinpoche
Matt Lindén
Mingyur Rinpoche talks about overcoming his struggle with panic attacks, the utmost importance of awareness, and how to use appreciation and gratitude to live a joyful life.

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Introduction to the Two Truths in Theravada
Ajahn Amaro
The two truths in Theravada refer to the objective basic components of conventional objects and the conventional objects that are conceptual constructs projected on the basis of them.
Appearances as the Play of the Mind: Gelug Explanation
Yongdzin Ling Rinpoche
Yongdzin Ling Rinpoche explains the Gelug Prasangika presentation of appearances being the play of the mind.
Recognizing Me as My Previous Life’s Reincarnation – Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche II
Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche II
Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche’s experience of being recognized as a reincarnation.
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