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The Real Causes of Health part 1

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The Real Causes of Health
The Real Causes of Health part 1
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According to Buddhism, our ordinary conception of causation is inaccurate, or incomplete. Our ordinary conception of causation doesn’t explain why medicine helps sometimes but not others, or why exercise sometimes helps us stay healthy and sometimes leads to injury. Author Sarahni Stumpf addresses these questions in part 1 of The Real Causes of Health. She begins to outline a system of causation that is reliable—where causes always lead to predictable results.

Theme music: Jay Nair & Ross Hammond

Perfecting Generosity part 3

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Perfecting Generosity: Becoming a Bodhisattva
Perfecting Generosity: Becoming a Bodhisattva
Perfecting Generosity part 3
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The Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life is a seminal Mahayana Buddhist text. It includes everything one needs to know to successfully develop on the Buddhist path. In this class, Heather Breault explores and teaches the crucial teachings in the Guide.

In this class we study:

  • What is meant by Buddhist Refuge and the Three Jewels.
  • Identifying the objects of refuge: the Buddha Jewel, Dharma Jewel, and Sangha Jewel.
  • The purpose and power of making offerings to the Three Jewels.
  • Different types of offerings and their karmic effects.

Perfecting Generosity part 2

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Perfecting Generosity: Becoming a Bodhisattva
Perfecting Generosity: Becoming a Bodhisattva
Perfecting Generosity part 2
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The Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life is a seminal Mahayana Buddhist text. It includes everything one needs to know to successfully develop on the Buddhist path. In this class, Heather Breault explores and teaches the crucial teachings in the Guide.

In this class we study:

  • Five paths of spiritual development.
  • Deepening understandings of Buddhist emptiness.
  • Two types of wisdom, and two types of bodhicitta.
  • How to create the karma to become a bodhisattva.

Practicing Generosity part 1

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Perfecting Generosity: Becoming a Bodhisattva
Practicing Generosity part 1
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The Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life is a seminal Mahayana Buddhist text. It includes everything one needs to know to successfully develop on the Buddhist path. In this class, Heather Breault explores and teaches the crucial teachings in the Guide.

In this class:

  • We explore the mind vs brain debate.
  • We meet the author, Master Shantideva, and learn his curious life story.
  • We explore the purpose of the Bodhisattva practices in Buddhism.
  • We briefly look at the contents of each chapter in the Guide.

How Karma Works part 6

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How Karma Works
How Karma Works
How Karma Works part 6
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Karma: all of our actions and thoughts have inevitable results, both positive and negative, for better or for worse. Navigating our lives—and future rebirths—depends on understanding causality: how karma works. Understanding karma is crucial to reaching our goals, both material and spiritual.

In class 6 we discuss:

  • Strategic karmic management.
  • The karma of Buddhahood.
  • The two bodies of a Buddha.
  • How to maximize virtuous karma.

Video and class materials.