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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.
Honesty, Trust and Friendship
The 14th Dalai Lama
Friendship comes from sincere concern for the happiness of others.
A Day in the Life of a Buddhist
Dr. Alexander Berzin, Matt Lindén
A brief look at the daily life of a Buddhist practitioner.

Seeking a Deeper Understanding?

Learn more about Tibetan Buddhism.
Tibetan Buddhism
The Perfection of Concentration: Dhyanaparamita
Dr. Alexander Berzin
With far-reaching concentration, we’re able to stay perfectly focused while helping others and in all meditations for reaching enlightenment.
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 Life of Tsongkhapa
Dr. Alexander Berzin
A portrait of the life and deeds of one of the most famous masters of Tibetan Buddhism.

Want to Go Further?

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Advanced Studies
Balanced Sensitivity: Structure for Each Session
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Recommended initial and concluding procedures for each training session as well as for each exercise.
Using the Five Buddha-Family Traits in Daily Life
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Buddha-family traits are factors that everybody has, which, when fully developed, enable everyone to become a Buddha. In this sense, we all belong to this one family.
Using Buddhist Metaphysics to Analyze a Problem
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Learning about Buddhist metaphysics is an analytical tool to deconstruct our experiences.

Interviews

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

Interview with Phra Anil Sakya

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Interview with Dhammananda Bhikkhuni
Matt Lindén
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni discusses her unique life path, the history of Buddhism in Thailand, and the importance of the five precepts.
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Interview with Lama Tsultrim Allione
Matt Lindén
Lama Tsultrim Allione discusses the practice of feeding your demons, the challenges of being a Buddhist parent, and pilgrimage as a Dharma practice.

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Letter to a Friend – Section 6: The Disadvantages of Samsara
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Letter to a Friend – Section 5: Discriminating Awareness of the Four Noble Truths
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Commentary on “Kalachakra Six-Session Guru-Yoga” – Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche
Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche
Six-session guru-yoga is an essential daily practice after taking a tantric initiation. Read Serkong Rinpoche’s explanation of the Kalachakra version of it in the context of the lam-rim graded stages of the path.
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