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

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Tibetan Buddhism
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Calming Down Thoughts
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Conceptual thought has many varieties. Some are useful and some detrimental in meditation and daily life.
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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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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.

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Advanced Studies
Congruent and Noncongruent Affecting Variables
Dr. Alexander Berzin
The aggregate of karmic formations (Skt. samskaraskandha) contains two types of affecting variables.
The Dynamics of a Healthy Student-Teacher Relationship
Dr. Alexander Berzin
The graded-path presentations nearly always include instructions on appropriate thoughts and actions for disciples in relationship to their mentors, whether on the sutra or the tantra level.
Details of Ways of Knowing: 14 Number of Valid Ways of Knowing
Geshe Sonam Rinchen, Dr. Alexander Berzin
An overview of the different numbers of valid ways of knowing in Indian tenet systems.

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 Dr. Alexander Berzin

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Interview with Telo Rinpoche
Matt Lindén
Telo Tulku Rinpoche explores what it means to be a Buddhist, his work in reviving Buddhism in Kalmykia, and how to have effective interfaith dialogue.
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Interview with Venerable Chang Zao
Matt Lindén
Venerable Chang Zao speaks of Chan methods to focus the mind, causality spanning the three times, and why Chinese Buddhists are strict vegetarians.

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Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Dr. Alexander Berzin
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