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How Karma Works part 6
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...
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How Karma Works part 5
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...
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How Karma Works part 4
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...
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How Karma Works part 3
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...
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How Karma Works part 2
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...
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How Karma Works part 1
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...
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Decoding the Heart Sutra — part 6
The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the...
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Decoding the Heart Sutra — part 5
The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the...
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Decoding the Heart Sutra — part 4
The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the...
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Decoding the Heart Sutra — part 3
The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the...
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Decoding the Heart Sutra — part 2
The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the...
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Decoding the Heart Sutra — part 1
The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the...
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Yogic Nutrition Part 3: Balancing the Doshas
Principles of balancing the humors (Sanskrit: dośa, dosha). Using food and herbs for preventative medicine. How to balance yourself with common herbal teas. Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Cambria, California on July, 29, 2018. To subscribe to the podcast of these recordings, put this link in your...
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Yogic Nutrition Part 2: The Five Elements and Three Doshas
How the five elements combine in living beings. Descriptions of the biological humors (Sanskrit: dośa, dosha). How to recognize the doshas as they manifest in life. Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Cambria, California on July, 29, 2018. To subscribe to the podcast of these recordings, put this link…
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Yogic Nutrition Part 1: The Five Great Elements of Nature
The five universal elements of nature. “Space” (Sanskrit: ākāśa) as field of consciousness. How solar energy drives life on Earth. Guided meditation on the interconnectedness of nature through the five elements. Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Cambria, California on July, 29, 2018. To subscribe to…
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Herbal Meditation Allies
Stages of herbal healing in Ayurveda. Defining rasayana, the path of soma, amrit, nectar. Entheogens, spiritual use of herbs. Defining adaptogen, improving vitality with herbs. Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Cambria, California on July 30, 2017. To subscribe to the podcast of these recordings, put...
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The Vows of Ethical Conduct
Taking the first steps on the Buddhist path: refuge and ethics. Briefly review refuge in the Three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Overview of causality. Material causes, immediate causes, causes vs. conditions. Relationship between karma and ethics. The power of formally vowing to live...
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Karma and the Mind
Review materialist arguments for mind. Review Dharmakirti’s refutation. Review logical proof for past and future lives. How mind and matter co-exist. The twelve stages of how our mind creates our reality, beginning with ignorance, up to the cause of death and rebirth. Scare off half the class....
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Proof of Future Lives
Discovering the cause of “mind”. Materialist arguments for mind. Buddhist arguments for mind. Defining a material cause,. Using deduction to prove past and future lives. Download the Proofs of Buddhahood handout Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Chico, California on July 13th, 2017. To subscribe to…
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The Proofs of Buddhahood
Reverse engineering enlightened beings with logic. What is meant by omniscience? How buddhas perceive space and time. Methods for determining that buddhas have valid perception all the time. Interpreting whether the Buddha meant something literally or figuratively. Flaws in the logic for...
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Analyzing Valid Perception
How do we know if what we perceive is correct or not? Do our senses really give us accurate information about objective reality? The importance of logic in buddhism: the key to understanding Emptiness. Defining valid perception. Two types of perception and what they perceive. Levels of reality:...
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The Levels and Paths of Meditation
Walking through the path, we start with no experience with meditation. By building meditation techniques in the correct sequence, anyone can learn to master this skill. Applied Meditation part 4 – Conclusion The nine stages of developing meditative concentration. The six meditative powers to...
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Meditation Obstacles and Antidotes
The five obstacles to meditation. The antidotes to the obstacles to meditation. Lam Rim: Review steps shared with practitioners of medium scope. The qualities of samsara: suffering life. The causes of suffering. How to get out of samsara and achieve nirvana. Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Chico,...
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The Root of the Path
The six conditions of an ideal meditation environment. The eight parts of ideal meditation posture. Introduction to the Lam Rim: Tibetan Buddhist enlightenment engine. How to find a Teacher, and how to treat them. Taking the opportunity of leisure and fortune. Getting in gear: imminence of death....
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Guided Meditation – The Preliminaries
Guided meditation covering the traditional Tibetan Buddhist Preliminary practices: Seven point meditation posture Refuge and motivation Visualize the Teacher Gathering virtue Purify obstacles Rejoice in goodness Request teachings Request Teacher to stay Dedication Led by Mojohito von Tchudi in...
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Applied Meditation
Meditation terminology from Sanskrit and Tibetan, defined in plain English. Review different types of meditation. Overview of the different parts of meditation, including environment, posture, and object. Learn the Six Preliminaries and Seven Ingredients of traditional Tibetan Buddhist meditation...
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Disproving Appearances
Identifying the object we wrongly believe exists. Got ya! Metaphors for experiencing emptiness directly: the magic show. Logical proof for emptiness: the one or many analysis. Deconstructing causation. The reasoning of interdependence. Taught by Mojohito von Tchudi in Chico, California on October...
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Entering Nirvana
Defining nirvana, the achievement of permanent peace. Breaking down the four divisions or aspects of nirvana. Describing the three main parts to the method for achieving nirvana. Why cultivating ethics is necessary to achieve peace. Taught by Mojohito von Tchudi in Chico, California on September...
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The Power of Compassion
Defining bodhicitta and bodhisattva. The relationship between compassion and bodhicitta. The five stages of a bodhisattva’s evolution. Techniques for developing bodhicitta. Taught by Mojohito von Tchudi in Chico, California on August 11th, 2016. To subscribe to the podcast of these recordings…
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What Can Protect You
Exploring how we protect ourselves from suffering. Examining what things can protect us, and what things cannot. Looking at how enlightenment, the path to reach enlightenment, and the community of practitioners who aim for this goal can offer real protection. How practitioners of lesser, middle,...
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Hacking Reality
Deceptive reality vs. ultimate reality. Three different views of interdependence. What no-self does and does not mean. Relationship between causality and emptiness. Applying emptiness in your daily life Taught by Mojohito von Tchudi in Chico, California on June 9th, 2016. To subscribe to the...
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Compassion Matters
Discussing why compassion is necessary to become an enlightened being. Defining what it means to have Bodhcitta and become a Bodhisattva. The benefits of developing the wish to become enlightened. Describing the seven step method to develop unlimited compassion. Taught by Mojohito von Tchudi in...
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You Have to Want to Escape
Why to get serious about a spiritual life. Defining samsara, the cycle of rebirth. The relationship between having compassion for yourself, and having compassion for others. Discussion of why even the seemingly good things of life in fact bring suffering, Review the four principals of karma....
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The Meaning of Renunciation
The meaning of Renunciation. Meditations to develop renunciation. Review the “Eight Worldly Thoughts”. Review the four principals of karma. Taught by Mojohito von Tchudi in Chico, California on March 10th, 2016. To subscribe to the podcast of these recordings, put this link in your favorite…
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The Three Principal Paths
Introduction to the Tibetan Buddhist enlightenment engine: the Lam Rim. Overview of the path and the goal of buddhist practice. Review the qualities of a good teacher. a good student, and a good teaching. Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Grass Valley, California on March 8th, 2016. To subscribe to…
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