Ceasing as Director
Advice for those who have offered service as center director and are retiring from that role.
Departing Center Director
On Retiring
Resuming Study After Directorship
Thanks For Service as Director
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Teachings
Disharmony at the Center
Advice for center directors on how to resolve conflict with difficult students at the Dharma center by remembering their kindness and having an open heart, tolerance and compassion.
Center Disharmony and Theft
Difficulties in Dharma Center
How to Bring Harmony to the Center
Problems at a Dharma Center
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The Lineage of the Teachings
The lineage of the teachings was handed down to the Kadampas by Atisha, an Indian pandit who revived Buddhism in Tibet.
Topics:
Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
Kadampa Teachings
Commentary on the teachings of Atisha and the Kadampa geshes, the exemplary practitioners of Buddhism in Tibet.
Topics:
Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
Chapters:
Kadampa Teachings
Editor's Preface (Ailsa Cameron)
Kadampa Teachings 1: Bodhgaya, January 2003
Kadampa Teachings 2: Bodhgaya, December 2003 - January 2004
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Kadampa Teachings (Audio and Unedited Transcripts), Continued
Teachings given at Root Institute, Days 5 - 7; includes a commentary on Atisha's Jewel Garland
Topics:
Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
Chapters:
Day Five: Jewel Garland Commentary - Cherishing the practice and turning away from samsaric happiness
Day Five: Jewel Garland Commentary - Protecting ordination by reflecting on impermanence and suffering of samsara
Day Five: Jewel Garland Commentary - Protecting the senses by analyzing how attachment arises
Day Five: Dedications
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Kadampa Teachings (Audio and Unedited Transcripts)
Teachings at Root Institute, Days 1 - 4; includes an oral transmission and commentary on Atisha's Jewel Garland
Topics:
Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
Chapters:
Day One: The cause of problems
Day One: Seeing suffering of others and developing the wish to offer them the highest benefit
Day One: Developing the wish to repay the kindness of others, Dedications
Day Two: Precious Human Rebirth
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Eight Verses of Thought Transformation (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
A commentary given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on an essential mind training text composed by Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa.
Topics:
Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
Chapters:
Day One: Perfect Human Rebirth
Day One: Renunciation
Day One: Shortcomings of Desire Part A
Day One: Shortcomings of Desire Part B
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Commentary on "A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment"
A commentary on Atisha's text, given to Western monks and nuns in Boudhanath, Nepal, in 1975. The teaching is translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and edited by Nicholas Ribush.
Topics:
Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
Advice to Center Directors
A Challenge For Your Practice
A Very Special Job
Advice Received in a Dream
Buying Land for the Center
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