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Ongoing Audio Course: Meditation on the Graded Stages of the Path (Lam-rim)

We regularly add new recordings of Dr. Berzin's ongoing meditation course, which contains practical explanations, periods of silence for performing the meditiations and discussions with participants. Please note that these recordings are not listed here on the news page. For the latest recordings of this course, please go to: Meditation Practice on the Graded Stages of the Path.

• Using the Five Types of Deep Awareness in Daily Life (audio + transcripts)
  • Session One: Harmonizing the Five Aspects of Buddha-Family Traits (unedited transcript)
  • Session Two: The Anuttarayoga Tantra Systems (unedited transcript)
  • Session Three: The Namshey Yeshey System (unedited transcript)
• The Gelug Prasangika Presentation of the Two Sets of Obscurations (short essay)
• What Does It Mean to Understand Something? (medium essay)
• Overview of Sensitivity Training (unedited transcript)
• Developing the Mind Based on Buddha-Nature (audio + transcripts)
  • Session One: Introduction (unedited transcript)
  • Session Two: Primary Consciousness and Mental Factors (unedited transcript)
  • Session Three: Conceptual and Nonconceptual Cognition (unedited transcript)
  • Session Four: Working with the Buddha-Nature Factors (unedited transcript)
  • Session Five: The Seven Ways of Knowing (unedited transcript)

• Working with Mental Factors in Daily Life (audio)
  • Part 3 (0:47 hours mp3 audio)
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  • Part 2 (0:51 hours mp3 audio)
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  • Part 1 (0:46 hours mp3 audio)
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• Why People Are Attracted to Buddhism in the Present World (audio + transcripts)
  • Why People Are Attracted to Buddhism in the Present World (1:05 hours mp3 audio)
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• The Role of Ethics on the Path of Social Service (audio + transcripts)
  • The Role of Ethics on the Path of Social Service (0:57 hours mp3 audio)
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• Nonviolence and Spiritual Values in the Modern World (audio + transcripts)
  • Nonviolence and Spiritual Values in the Modern World (1:06 hours mp3 audio)
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• The Importance of Love, Compassion and Bodhichitta (audio + transcripts)
  • The Importance of Love, Compassion and Bodhichitta (0:47 hours mp3 audio)
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• The Bases for Ethical Behavior (audio + transcripts)
  • The Bases for Ethical Behavior (0:35 hours mp3 audio)
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• How to Live and Work in a Multireligious Society (audio + transcripts)
  • How to Live and Work in a Multireligious Society (0:48 hours mp3 audio)
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