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Here you will find the archive of previous videos in the Basic Goodness and the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva series

 

VIDEO #1: INTRO TO BASIC GOODNESS AND THE 37 PRACTICES OF A BODHISATTVA

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Readings related to Video #1: Ngulchu Thogme's life by Samten Chosphel and Anecdotes from the Life of the Great Tibetan master Gyalse Nguclhu Thogme by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

VIDEO #2: THE THREE ROOT POISONS

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Readings related to Video #2: Thrangu Rinpoche’s commentary on our current verses

VIDEO #3: CULTIVATING HEALTHY SPIRITUAL FRIENDSHIPS

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Readings related to Video #3: Going for Refuge by His Holiness the Karmapa and Spiritual Friendship is the Path by David Viafora

VIDEO #4: KARMA, DISCIPLINE, ENLIGHTENMENT AND BODHICHITTA

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Readings related to this video: Karma, Liberation and Bodhicitta by Thubten Chodron and The Karma of Happiness and Suffering by His Holiness the Karmapa

VIDEO #5: EXCHANGING SELF FOR OTHERS

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Reading: How to Practice Tonglen and Tonglen on the Spot both by Pema Chödrön

Here is a guided tonglen recording

VIDEO #6: UNDERSTANDING DIFFICULT PEOPLE

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READING: True Presence by Thich Nhat Hanh

VIDEO #7: WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH RELY ON BODHICHITTA

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Reading for this video: Working with Ego by Thubten Chodron

VIDEO #8: TRANSMUTING AGGRESSION, PASSION AND IGNORANCE

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Reading for this week: Detox Your Mind: 5 Practices to Purify the 3 Poisons by Melvin Escobar, Melvin McLeod, Narayan Helen Liebenson, Sister True Dedication, Koun Franz and Judy Lief

VIDEO #9: EMPTINESS AND COMPASSION

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Readings related to the video: THE HEART SUTRA, plus excerpts from Reggie Ray's Indestructible Truth and Dza Kilung Rinpoche's The Relaxed Mind

VIDEO #10: DISCIPLINE, PATIENCE AND JOYOUS EXERTION

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Readings related to this video: The Practice of a Bodhisattva by His Holiness the Karmapa and Six Ways to Make it Work by Susan Piver

VIDEO #11: WORKING WITH DELUSION

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Readings related to the video: Shamatha–Vipashyana: Our Original Nature by Gaylon Ferguson and What is Prajna? by Judy Lief

VIDEO #12: IF YOU STAY READY, YOU DON’T GOTTA GET READY

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The reading related to this video: Relational Awareness by Oren Sofer

VIDEO #13: IN BRIEF, THE ENTIRETY OF THE PATH

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The full text: The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva