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Matt Lindén
Professor Donald Broom explores animal sentience, kindness in different animal species, and the future of meat.
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Interview with the Nechung Oracle
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Venerable Thupten Ngodup discusses the role of Dharma protectors in Buddhism, his experiences of going into trance, and the history of Nechung and Mongolia.
Lam-rim – Part 32: Gelug Prasangika Assertion of the Two Truths
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Lam-rim – Part 31: Under-refutation of the Object to Be Refuted
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Lam-rim – Part 30: Not Losing the Assertion of Conventional Phenomena
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Lam-rim – Part 29: Refutation of the Over-refutation of the Object to Be Refuted
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Lam-rim – Part 28: The Object to Be Refuted & Over-refutation
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Lam-rim – Part 27: Mental Labeling & Individual Characteristic Marks
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Lam-rim – Part 26: Basics for Attaining Vipashyana
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Lam-rim – Part 25: How to Attain Shamatha
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Lam-rim – Part 24: Preparations for Attaining Shamatha
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Lam-rim – Part 23: Identifying Shamatha & Vipashyana
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Lam-rim – Part 22: Concentration, Wisdom, Influencing Others
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Lam-rim – Part 21: Perseverance & Overcoming Laziness
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Lam-rim – Part 20: Patience & Overcoming Anger
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Lam-rim – Part 19: Ethical Self-Discipline
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Lam-rim – Part 18: Generosity
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Lam-rim – Part 17: Bodhisattva Vows
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Lam-rim – Part 16: Changing Attitudes about Self & Others
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Lam-rim – Part 15: Developing Bodhichitta in 7 Steps
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Lam-rim – Part 14: Conditions for Developing Bodhichitta
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Lam-rim – Part 13: Liberation & the Three Higher Trainings
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Lam-rim – Part 12: The 12 Links Perpetuating Samsara
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Lam-rim – Part 11: Further about Disturbing Emotions
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Lam-rim – Part 10: The Auxiliary Disturbing Emotions
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Lam-rim – Part 9: The Six Root Disturbing Emotions
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Lam-rim – Part 8: Sufferings of Samsara
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Lam-rim 53: Six General Shortcomings of Samsara – Suffering of No Certainty
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Lam-rim 54: Suffering of Never Being Satisfied
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Lam-rim 55: Last Four of Six General Shortcomings of Samsara
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Lam-rim 56: Sufferings of the Better Rebirth States – Suffering of Birth
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Lam-rim 57: Suffering of Old Age
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Lam-rim 58: What We Do as Liberated Beings; Sufferings of Sickness & Death
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Lam-rim 59: Suffering of Being Parted from What We Like
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Lam-rim 60: Suffering of Meeting with What We Don’t Like
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Lam-rim 61: Suffering of Not Obtaining What We Wish for & of the Aggregates
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Lam-rim 62: Suffering of the Anti-Gods
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Lam-rim 63: Suffering of the Desire Realm Gods
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Lam-rim 64: Suffering of the Form & Formless Realm Gods; Renunciation
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Lam-rim – Part 7: The Certainty of Karma
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Lam-rim 44: Karmic Responsibility; Extreme Views; Free Will vs Determinism
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Lam-rim 45: Certainty of Ripening; Positive Force Is a Buddha-Nature Factor
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Lam-rim 46: Purification of Karmic Potentials; Eliminating Activating Factors
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Lam-rim 47: Admission of Mistakes; the Opponent Force of Regret
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Lam-rim 48: Four Opponent Forces; Vajrasattva; Taking Responsibility
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Lam-rim 49: Certainty of the Time Frame of the Ripening of Karma
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Lam-rim 50: Reinforced and Enacted Karmic Impulses
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Lam-rim 51: Dispelling Doubts about Actions Certain to Ripen
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Lam-rim 52: Twelve Factors That Affect the Happiness or Unhappiness That Ripens
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Lam-rim – Part 6: Factors Affecting Karma
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Lam-rim 37: Four Factors Involved in Pathways of Karmic Impulses
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Lam-rim 38: Karma and Gods in the Sutras as Helpers
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Lam-rim 39: Factors for a Complete Pathway of Karma – A Basis
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Lam-rim 40: Unmistaken Distinguishing, Motivating Intention
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Lam-rim 41: Contemporaneous Motivating Emotion, Implementation & Finale
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Lam-rim 42: Three Phases of an Action
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Lam-rim 43: How Does Karma Work; Initiation and Finale of an Action
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Lam-rim – Part 5: The Four Laws of Karma
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Lam-rim 28: What is Karma; Analysis of Motivation and Intention
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Lam-rim 29: Ripening of Karma; Continuity between Karmic Cause and Effect
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Lam-rim 30: First Law of Karma – Certainty of Karma; Pleasure vs. Happiness
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Lam-rim 31: Why Unhappiness Is the Result of Destructive Behavior
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Lam-rim 32: Second Law of Karma – Increase of Karmic Results
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Lam-rim 33: Third Law of Karma – Karmic Results Similar to Its Cause
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Lam-rim 34: Fourth Law of Karma – No Loss of Karmic Results
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Lam-rim 35: Why Believe Buddha?
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Lam-rim 36: Thinking about Ethical Rules
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Lam-rim – Part 4: Safe Direction (Refuge)
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Lam-rim 22: Refuge: Safe Direction; Reasons for Putting It into Our Lives
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Lam-rim 23: The Three Precious Gems: The Buddha Gem
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Lam-rim 24: The Dharma and Sangha Gems; Are True Stoppings Possible?
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Lam-rim 25: Nominal Gems; Actions for Training from “The All-Inclusive Text”
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Lam-rim 26: Remaining Actions for Training from “The All-Inclusive Text”
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Lam-rim 27: Actions for Training from the Quintessence Teachings
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Lam-rim – Part 3: The Worse States of Rebirth
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Lam-rim 16: Will Our Next Rebirth Go Up or Down; Joyless Realms
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Lam-rim 17: Purpose of Meditating on Joyless Realms; First of the Hot Hells
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Lam-rim 18: The Rest of the Hot Hells; Cold Hells
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Lam-rim 19: Taking Hells and Future Lives Seriously
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Lam-rim 20: Clutching Ghosts (Pretas)
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Lam-rim 21: The Animal Realm; Their Sufferings & Its Causes
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Lam-rim – Part 2: Death and Impermanence
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Lam-rim 8: First of Six Shortcomings of Not Being Mindful of Death
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Lam-rim 9: Second & Third of Six Shortcomings of Not Being Mindful of Death
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Lam-rim 10: Eight Worldly Dharmas; Ten Gem-like Attitudes
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Lam-rim 11: Last Three of Six Shortcomings of Not Being Mindful of Death
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Lam-rim 12: Six Benefits of Being Mindful of Death
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Session 13: Nine-Part Death Meditation: First of Three Root Facts
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Lam-rim 14: Nine-Part Death Meditation: Second & Third of Three Root Facts
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Lam-rim 15: Nine-Part Death Meditation: Meditation on the Third Root Fact
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Lam-rim – Part 1: The Precious Human Rebirth
Dr. Alexander Berzin
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Lam-rim 1: Respite from the Four Nonhuman Situations of No Leisure
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Lam-rim 2: Respite from the Four Human Situations of No Leisure
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Lam-rim 3: The Five Personal Enriching Situations
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Lam-rim 4: The Five Social Enriching Situations
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Lam-rim 5: Beginningless and Endless Mind
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Lam-rim 6: Mind Comes from Mind; Meditation on the 18 Situations
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Lam-rim 7: Causes & Difficulty of Obtaining a Precious Human Rebirth
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Interview with Dr. Alan Wallace
Matt Lindén
Dr. Alan Wallace tells a tale from the Buddha’s time, urges us to give priority to meditation, and explains what genuine mindfulness is.
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