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Reggie Ray reading from the Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Vol. 1, Chapter 2.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron responds to a student's reflections on whether practicing the Dharma is a lonely endeavor.
In a society increasingly driven by science and technology, world religions and the communities they inspire remain a vast and rock-solid political force.
This two-part course addresses two major themes of Buddhism: individual liberation and social transformation.
Full lecture title: "A Branch of Yellow Leaves: Buddhism, the World and Poetry"
Doubt in early Buddhism is something we need to overcome in order to make progress along the path. I'll look at doubt in this video, and provide three different strategies we can use that can help with them.
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Shaikh Kabir Helminski is a Sufi master of the 700 year old Mevlevi order, the lineage of Jalaluddin Rumi. Sufism (tasawwuf) is the inner, spiritual, mystical dimension of Islam. Its aim is the development of Presence and Love.
At Sharing the Dharma Day, Venerable Thubten Chodron teaches on the second verse of "The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas," on attachment, anger and ignorance that keep us bound in cyclic existence.
Venerable Thubten Chodron gives an overview of why we would want to learn about emptiness and teaches on the emptiness of persons and phenomena.
Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron succinctly explains the complex history surrounding the full ordination of Tibetan Buddhist nuns as well as the future proposals for how to resolve the challenges faced.
Jeff Foster graduated in Astrophysics from Cambridge University in 2001. Several years after graduation, following a period of severe depression and illness, he became addicted to the idea of 'spiritual enlightenment', and embarked on an intensive spiritual search which lasted for several years.