Today, we go to my parents' house. There is a Buddhist altar to pray to our ancestors. Let me show you how to pray.
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In this video I talk about Ancestor Veneration and ways to honor your ancestors. I also show you the makings of my personal ancestor altar and give some tips on making and also dismantling one yourself. Hope you enjoy!
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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Roshi Hogen Bays examines the difference between the concepts of skeptical doubt and the Great Doubt in Zen Buddhism.
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.
Venerable Thubten Chodron responds to a student's reflections on whether practicing the Dharma is a lonely endeavor.
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.