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Pema Khandro Buddhism and Reincarnation

By Pema Khandro — 2014

Pema Khandro discusses the notion of Reincarnation in Buddhism and how this idea is connected with the Buddhist worldview of interdependence, cause and effect, momentum of karmic actions and the motivation to interrupt cycles of unconscious habitual existence.

09:39 min

The Experience of Insight: A Simple and Direct Guide to Buddhist Meditation

This modern spiritual classic, presented as a thirty-day meditation retreat taught by Joseph Goldstein, offers timeless practical instructions and real-world advice for practicing meditation—whether walking or sitting in formal practice or engaging in everyday life.

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Joseph Goldstein, Ram Dass (introduction)
2020
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The Practice of Loving-Kindness (Metta) as Taught by the Buddha in the Pali Canon

The word "love"—one of the most compelling in the English language—is commonly used for purposes so widely separated, so gross and so rarefied, as to render it sometimes nearly meaningless.

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Ñanamoli Thera
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The Buddhist Practice of Loving Kindness (Metta)

Loving-kindness is defined in English dictionaries as a feeling of benevolent affection, but in Buddhism, loving-kindness (in Pali, Metta; in Sanskrit, Maitri) is thought of as a mental state or attitude, cultivated and maintained by practice.

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Barbara O'Brien
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Awakening Through Love: Unveiling Your Deepest Goodness

Mother Teresa. The Dalai Lama. Nelson Mandela. Gandhi. Some admire such figures from afar and think, "How special they are; I could never be like that." But, as John Makransky has learned, the power of real and enduring love lies within every one of us.

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John Makransky, Lama Surya Das (foreword)
2007
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Living Kindness: Buddhist Teachings for a Troubled World

“Living Kindness: Buddhist Teachings for a Troubled World” is an exploration of love, compassion, joy, and equanimity—the so-called “Brahmaviharas” or Divine Abodes.

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Kevin Griffin
2018
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How to Be a Bodhisattva

It may seem like an unattainable ideal, but you can start right now as a bodhisattva-in-training. All you need is the aspiration to put others first and some inspiration from helpful guides like the Buddhist teachers found here.

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Thich Nhat Hanh, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Judy Lief, bell hooks, Christina Feldman, the Karmapa
2020
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In Praise of Great Compassion

In Praise of Great Compassion, the fifth volume of the Library of Wisdom and Compassion, continues the Dalai Lama’s teachings on the path to awakening.

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The Dalai Lama, Thubten Chodron
2020
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Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness

The fifty-nine provocative slogans presented here—each with a commentary by the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa—have been used by Tibetan Buddhists for eight centuries to help meditation students remember and focus on important principles and practices of mind training.

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Chögyam Trungpa, Pema Chödrön (foreword)
2003
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Stages of Meditation: The Buddhist Classic on Training the Mind

The Dalai Lama explains the principles of meditation in a practice-oriented format especially suited to Westerners.

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The Dalai Lama, Kamalashila
2019
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Kindness, Clarity, and Insight

This beloved classic brings together in one volume all the major themes of the Dalai Lama’s teachings.

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The Dalai Lama
2013
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