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How a Spiritual Mentor Should Impart the Buddhist Teachings to Students
Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
Explore how the traditional sources explain the proper way for spiritual mentors to teach the Dharma.
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How to Study the Buddhist Teachings with a Spiritual Mentor
Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
Learn the most effective way to study the Dharma with a teacher according to multiple traditional sources.
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Strengthening Our Minds through Meditation Practice
Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche II
Learn how to gain inspiration and strength from our meditation so as to bring what we learn into everyday life.
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Interview with Khandro-la
Matt Lindén
Khandro Kunga Bhuma Rinpoche talks about the intersection of Buddhism and science, the profound significance of stupas, and the importance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for the world today.
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Special Features of Atisha’s “Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment”
Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
Atisha’s “Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment” is the first text of the lam-rim genre, and it has four preeminent qualities and three distinct features.
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History and Features of the Lam-rim Textual Tradition
Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
Lam-rim textual tradition can be traced back to A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment by Atisha, and the texts of this genre can be found in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
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A Personal Account of the Upbringing of Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche II
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Dr. Berzin's role in the education of the reincarnation of his teacher.
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Commentary on “Opening the Door to the Dharma” – Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
All the Buddha’s diverse teachings, vehicles and traditions are skillful graded methods leading different beings to the same ultimate realization of liberation and enlightenment.
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Buddha’s Numerous Vehicles
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Overview of the Tibetan Traditions and Their Lineages
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Basic Points Common to All Buddhist Traditions of Tibet
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Opening the Door to the Dharma
Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro
This text by Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro presents an extensive overview of the Buddha’s teachings as organized into multiple vehicles, turnings of the wheel of Dharma and lineages.
Letter to a Friend – Section 11: Concluding Encouragement to Practice
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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LTF 72: Accustoming Pathway Mind – The 8 Branches
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LTF 73: Take Heart, Rejoice, Dedicate; the Final Result
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LTF 74: Review & Meditation on Basic Points in the Text & Later Lam-Rims
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Letter to a Friend – Section 10: Rebirth by Means of the Twelve Links
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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LTF 64: The 1st Link: Unawareness (the Two Levels)
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LTF 65: Unawareness & the 2 Obscurations; 2nd Link: Affecting Impulses
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LTF 66: 3rd through 6th Links: Consciousness up through Contacting Awareness
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LTF 67: Contacting Awareness – Cognizing Objects as Pleasing or Unpleasing
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LTF 68: Relevance of Ancient Indian Philosophical Systems in Our Times
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LTF 69: The Certainty Factor of Karma; Enacted & Reinforced Karmic Impulses
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LTF 70: Our Not-Yet-Happening Enlightenment; the 7th through 9th Links
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LTF 71: More on the Obtainer Attitudes; the Last 3 Links; Dependent Arising
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From Monasteries to Hospitals: Buddhist and Islamic Medical Traditions
Dr. Mohamed Ashath (Ashath Siraas)
Medical traditions create a shared space for contemporary Buddhist–Muslim understanding and engagement through compassionate care of both mental and physical well-being.
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Overview of “Tantra Stages and Paths by the Mongolian”
Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche
The First Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche explains the unique features of the four classes of tantra and their practices based on a text by Sogpo Ngawang Palden Choge.
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Key Points for the Practice of the Three Lower Classes of Tantra
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Key Practices of Kriya and Charya Tantra
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Bodhichitta, Root and Secondary Bodhisattva Vows
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Key Practices of Yoga and Anuttarayoga Tantra
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Interview with His Holiness the 34th Menri Trizin
Matt Lindén
His Holiness the 34th Menri Trizin discusses his unexpected selection to lead the Bön tradition, the comprehensive structure of monastic education at Menri Monastery, and Bön's ancient history as Tibet's indigenous spiritual lineage.
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Explanation of the Kalachakra Practices – Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche
Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche
Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche provides a detailed guide to the practice of the Kalachakra Six-Session Guru-Yoga and the Kalachakra sadhana.
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Background and the Importance of the Lam-rim Graded Path
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Introduction to Tantra
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Overview of the Kalachakra System
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Kalachakra Guru-Yoga: Preparation, Safe Direction, Bodhichitta
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Kalachakra Guru-Yoga: The Bountiful Field, Requests, Initiations
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Kalachakra Sadhana: The Preliminary Sections
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Kalachakra Sadhana: The Actual Practice of the Two Stages
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Letter to a Friend – Section 9: Sufferings of the Various Rebirth States
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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LTF 54: Disadvantages of Samsara; the Sufferings of Human Rebirth
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LTF 55: First Two of the 6 Sufferings of Samsara in General
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LTF 56: The 4th and 5th Sufferings of Samsara in General
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LTF 57: The 5th and 6th Sufferings; the 3 Higher Trainings
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LTF 58: Sufferings of the Hell Realms; How Can We Relate to Them?
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LTF 59: Importance of Dealing with Hell Realms & Our Fear
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LTF 60: Sufferings of Animals & Pretas; Two Meditations
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LTF 61: Sufferings of Celestial Beings; Different Outlooks
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LTF 62: Determining to Be Free; Several Types of Nirvana
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LTF 63: 7 Causes for Bodhi; the 14 Unspecified Questions
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