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Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Exchanging Self for Others
June 13, 2018
by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
“The essential way to practice exchanging self for others is to regard the suffering of others exactly as our own suffering and to help others as if they were ourselves.”  ... read more »
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Cutting Through to Original Purity
February 8, 2018
by B. Alan Wallace
An Ornament of the Enlightened View of Samantabhadra

Here I shall explain the way to follow the path of cutting through to original purity by taking the radiance of pristine...

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An Ornament of the Enlightened View of Samantabhadra

Here I shall explain the way to...

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The Dalai Lama on the right motivation to practice
August 20, 2014
by Kestrel Slocombe

How do we ensure the purity of our motivation when giving a teaching or listening to one? One way is by reciting special prayers of aspiration before we begin. Now, for a...

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How do we ensure the purity of our motivation when giving a teaching or listening to...

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The Middle Way by the Dalai Lama: excerpt from Chapter 1
August 13, 2014
by Kestrel Slocombe
CHAPTER 1: APPROACHING THE PROFOUND

By His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Today, here in the twenty-first century, humanity has reached a highly...

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CHAPTER 1: APPROACHING THE PROFOUND

By His Holiness the Dalai...

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Mindful Monday Morsel: How to Be Happy
September 16, 2013
by Lydia Anderson

Welcome to our first Mindful Monday Morsel! Each Monday we’ll be excerpting from one of our titles. Today’s morsel comes from How to Be Happy by Lama Zopa Rinpoche...

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Welcome to our first Mindful Monday Morsel! Each Monday we’ll be excerpting from...

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