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Gently Spoken Advice
by Lama Yeshe Ling Buddhist Center
Buddhist teachings from Dharma Teachers at Lama Yeshe Ling. Teachings are in Tibetan and English. Teachings will cover a range of topics from classic Mahayana Buddhist texts.
Episodes
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Guided Lam Rim Meditation #4 - Reducing Eight Worldly Concerns (in Tib. & Eng.)
Continuing with our stages of the path (Lam Rim) series, Geshe Sonam Ngodup leads a meditation on recognizing and decreasing the eight worldly concerns (eight worldly dharmas). These concerns are outlined by Nāgārjuna in Letter to a Friend: You who know the world, take gain and loss, Happiness…
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Guided Lam Rim Meditation #3 - Precious Human rebirth (in Tib. & Eng.)
In the third session on the Lam Rim series of meditations , Geshe Sonam Ngodup guides us through a contemplation and meditation on our precious human rebirth, how it is greatly meaningful and difficult to find. Visit our Facebook page for more teachings by Geshe Sonam Ngodup and English…
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Guided Lam Rim Meditation #2 - Nature of the Mind (in Tib. & Eng.)
In this session, Geshe Sonam guides a meditation on the nature and potential of the mind . Although this is not traditionally part of the Lam Rim outlines, understanding a little bit about our mind and its nature is an excellent preliminary contemplation for our Lam Rim/Stages of the path…
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Guided Lam Rim Meditation #1 - Visualization of the Field of Accumulation (in Tib. & Eng.)
*New Series Alert* - Stages of the Path (Tibetan: 'Lam Rim') Preliminaries – the Field of Accumulation: This week, we begin the first of what will be between 22-23 weekly short videos on the topics of the Stages of the Path (Lam Rim). The aim of this series is to give students a brief taste of...
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Shantideva on Wisdom (in Tib. & Eng.)
Geshe Sonam quotes a verse from Shantideva's Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra on how all the teachings are for the sake of arising wisdom. Geshe la teaches in Tibetan and his teachings are translated by Venerable Khedrup. All the teachings are for the sake of arising wisdom ཡན་ལག་འདི་དག་ཐམས་ཅད་ནི། All…
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Āryadeva on Overcoming Afflictive Emotions (in Tib. & Eng.)
In this episode, Geshe Sonam teaches that we overcome all the afflictive emotions by overcoming confusion. He quotes a verse from Āryadeva's Four Hundred Verses. Geshe la teaches in Tibetan and his teachings are translated by Venerable Khedrup. From Āryadeva's Four Hundred Verses:...
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Dromtonpa on the Three Baskets and Three Capacities (in Tib. & Eng.)
In this teaching, Geshe Sonam teaches a short but profound verse by Dromtonpa Gyelwa Jungne ('brom ston rgyal ba 'byung gnas) on three Baskets and three Capacities. Geshe la teaches in Tibetan and his teachings are translated by Venerable Khedrup. རྒྱལ་བའི་འབྱུང་གནས་ཀྱི་གསུང་ལས། From Gyalwa…
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Introduction to Seven Point Mind Training Teachings by Don Handrick
In this episode, Don Handrick presents the introductory session to the "Seven Point Mind Training Teachings". Don provides a comprehensive history and overview of these precious and practical teachings. Hope you enjoy this teaching! If you would like to learn more about Don Handrick, please take…
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Meditation on Bodhicitta with Don Handrick
This is a short meditation on Bodhicitta from the first session led by Don Handrick, from the Seven-Point Thought Transformation teachings at Lama Yeshe Ling. If you would like to learn more about Don Handrick, please take a look at his website: https://www.donhandrick.com
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Interview with Don Handrick for the Seven Point Mind Training Course
Presenting a short interview with Don Handrick, talking about his experience with the teaching on Giving and Taking "Tong-Len", in the Seven-Point Thought Transformation teaching. These practices are very practical and powerful tools for transforming problems into happiness. If you would like to...
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Nagarjuna on the Three Causes of Enlightenment (in Tib. & Eng.)
In this teaching, Geshe Sonam explains, using a verse by Arya Nagarjuna from the text 'Precious Garland of the Middle Way', on the three causes of Complete Enlightenment or Buddhahood. Geshe la teaches in Tibetan and his teachings are translated by Venerable Khedrup. The Three Causes of...
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Verse on Buddha Nature from Uttaratantra Shastra (in Tib. & Eng.)
In this teaching Geshe Sonam explains the potential of all sentient beings to achieve Enlightenment which is known as the Tathagata Garbha or Buddha Nature (Buddha Essence). Geshe la explains how due to this potentiality, all sentient beings can achieve full Enlightenment. All Sentient Beings...
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Qualities of Extraordinary Dharma Teachers (in Tib. & Eng.)
On this bonus episode, Ven. Jamyang Khedrup elaborates about qualities that mark exceptional teachers: Equal care to the integrity of the teachings and well-being and freedom of the listeners. Enjoy! Visit our Facebook page for more teachings by Geshe Sonam Ngodup and English translator Ven....
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Saka Dawa Greetings (in Tib. & Eng.)
Saga Dawa Greetings! ས་ག་ཟླ་བ་དུས་ཆེན་ལ་བཀྲིས་བདེ་ལེགས། In this special teaching on the special day of Saga Dawa, Geshe Sonam Ngodup wishes all our viewers greetings and hopes everyone is well. Geshe La teaches how and why this day is important, and because it is important what activities one...
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Shantideva on Benefits of Bodhichitta (in Tib. & Eng.)
In this short teaching, Geshe Sonam Ngodup explains to us about the benefits of Bodhichitta by quoting a verse from Chapter 1 of Shantideva's Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra or Bodhicaryāvatāra (Tib. བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྤྱོད་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ་ byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa). Geshe la teaches in…
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Analytical Meditation on Object of Negation (in Eng.) - Session 4
In the fourth and final session from Venerable Yönten's teaching, she will guide us through a brief analytical meditation on Identifying the Object of Negation, the inherently existent self. Please enjoy! Venerable Yönten is an American-born Buddhist nun in the Gelug Tibetan tradition who was...
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Analytical Meditation on Dependent Origination (in Eng.) - Session 3
In the third session from Venerable Yönten's teaching, she will guide us through a brief analytical meditation on the King of Reasonings - Dependent Origination. Venerable Yönten is an American-born Buddhist nun in the Gelug Tibetan tradition who was ordained in 2003, and who is now a fully...
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Analytical Meditation on Karma - Actions and Results (in Eng.) - Session 2
In the second session from Venerable Yönten's teaching, she will guide us through a brief analytical meditation on the topic of Karma - Actions and Results. Venerable Yönten is an American-born Buddhist nun in the Gelug Tibetan tradition who was ordained in 2003, and who is now a fully ordained...
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Analytical Meditation on Laws of Karma (in Eng.) - Session 1
We are happy to present to you a series of guided meditations led by visiting teacher Venerable Yönten at Lama Yeshe Ling. The first session is a guided analytical meditation on Laws of Karma. Venerable Yönten is an American-born Buddhist nun in the Gelug Tibetan tradition who was ordained in…
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A Verse from Lama Tsongkhapa's Three Principal Aspects of the Path
Geshe Sonam presents glimpses of Buddhist meditation and wisdom in a practical way. The teachings are the perfect way to bring some calm and compassion into your day.In this teaching, Geshe La will explain the first verse from Lama Tsong famous text "Three Principal Aspects of the Path" and will...
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Mother's Day Special (in Tib. & Eng.)
In this special teaching, recorded before Mother's Day, Geshe Sonam Ngodup explains how we should see our mothers as more precious than a wish fulfilling jewel because of the kindness and care they show. Also, how we can extend this understanding and experience to encompass all sentient beings,...
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Interview with Venerable Yönten - Upcoming sessions on 'Karma and Reality'
This week we have a special guest teacher at Lama Yeshe Ling, Ven. Yönten. She is a very popular traveling teacher at FPMT (Foundation of Preservation of Mahayana), and her style of teaching incorporates guided meditations and a contemporary approach. This is a brief interview with Ven. Yönten to...
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Shantideva on kindness of Buddhas and Sentient Beings (in Tib. & Eng.)
In this brief teaching, Geshe Sonam Ngodup explores the reason why the kindness of the enlightened ones (the Buddhas) and kindness of Sentient beings is equal. Also, why we depend on sentient beings for our own Spiritual development towards Enlightenment. He explains this using a verse from...
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Verse from Six Session Yoga (in Tib. & Eng.)
In this short teaching, Geshe Sonam Ngodup gives an explanation of a verse from the Six Session Guru Yoga. Specifically, he will explain the verse which teaches, how after bringing forth a mind of Bodhichitta, rooted in Love and Compassion, rejoicing in them can be powerful. He will also explain...
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Aryadeva on Dependent Arising (in Tib. & Eng.)
In this episode of the podcast, Geshe Sonam Ngodup explains a verse from the Great Indian Pundit Aryadeva's 'Four Hundred Verses'. This verse is about the importance of developing wisdom, specifically 'Dependent arising'. Geshe la explains some techniques for using this in our daily life. Geshe…
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Meditation - Calm Abiding and Compassion (in Tib. & Eng.)
In this episode, we share with you a brief guided meditation on Calm abiding, Love and Compassion by Geshe Sonam Ngodup. This meditation was recorded as part of a live Zoom teaching. In this guided meditation, Geshe la walks us through different techniques aimed at increasing our relaxation,...
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Shantideva On Generating A Mind Of Joy (in Tib. & Eng.)
In this installment of the podcast, Geshe Sonam Ngodup explains a verse from the Bodhisattvacharyavatara (Way of the Bodhisattva) ( Tib. བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྤྱོད་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ་, changchub sempé chöpa la jukpa) by great Indian master Shantideva about the importance of the mind of Bodhichitta, mind of...
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Glorious Chandrakirti on Stable Happiness (in Tib. & Eng.)
In this episode of the podcast, Geshe Sonam Ngodup speaks about the importance of developing our wisdom and discernment. Also, how developing our wisdom and discernment will empower all our other qualities such as Love, Compassion and Bodhichitta. He explains this point with a verse from 'Uma la...
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Accomplishing One's Wishes (in Tibetan & English)
In this episode of the podcast, Geshe Sonam Ngodup, explains how a person endowed with great merit, can accomplish all their wishes (བསོད་ནམས་ལྡན་པའི་མི་ཡིས་བསམ་དོན་རྣམས་འགྲུབ་ཐུབ་པ།). He recites and explains a verse from the Sutra ‘Gyacher Rolpa’ (Skt. ‘Lalitavistara Sutra’, Eng. ‘The Play in…
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Activating the Potential for Happiness (in Tibetan & English)
In this episode of the podcast, Geshe Sonam Ngodup talks about the best way to achieve stable happiness. He also quotes a verse from the Bodhisattvacharyavatara (Way of the Bodhisattva) ( Tib. བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྤྱོད་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ་, changchub sempé chöpa la jukpa). Geshe la teaches in Tibetan and…
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Wish fulfilling Tree with Inexhaustible Harvest (in Tibetan & English)
In this episode of the podcast, Geshe Sonam Ngodup explains a verse from the Bodhisattvacharyavatara (Way of the Bodhisattva) ( Tib. བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྤྱོད་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ་, changchub sempé chöpa la jukpa) . Geshe la teaches in Tibetan and his teachings are translated by Venerable Khedrup. Like a…
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Buddhist teachings from Dharma Teachers at Lama Yeshe Ling. Teachings are in Tibetan and English. Teachings will cover a range of topics from classic Mahayana Buddhist texts.
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