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Essentials
5 Buddhist Principles to Help Run a Business
Yury Milyutin
How to run a business and carry out a project based on Buddhist principles.
How to Develop Love
Dr. Alexander Berzin, Matt Lindén
How to build up a feeling of love and extend it to all others.
What Is Enlightenment?
Dr. Alexander Berzin, Matt Lindén
An introduction to enlightenment, the ultimate aim of following the Buddhist path.

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Tibetan Buddhism
Types of Buddhism
Dr. Alexander Berzin
A variety of forms of Buddhism developed as people in the different lands it reached emphasized one or another aspect of the teachings. Here is a general description of some of the major forms found in Southeast Asia, China and Tibet.
What Is a Mantra?
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Mantras are a tool we can use to keep focused on a positive state of mind.
Merit: Does Happiness Need to Be Earned?
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Constructive behavior builds up positive potential (merit) on our mental continuum for experiencing happiness. But what does that mean?

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Advanced Studies
Details of Tibetan Medicine 3: Diagnosis of Disease
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Diagnosis of disease in Tibetan medicine is done by a three-fold process: visual examination, pulse and urine analysis, and questioning the patient about symptoms.
The Challenges for Buddhism in the 21st Century
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Buddhist science, philosophy and psychology can be of great benefit on a global scale to many issues faced in the 21st century. Dr. Berzin reflects on the particular challenges the major traditional Buddhist countries of Asia face.
The Dalai Lama on “Uttaratantra” & Buddha-Nature: Day One
The 14th Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama provides the background and context of this fundamental text on Buddha-nature and analyzes in depth its first verses.

Interviews

Read interviews with some of the world’s most esteemed Buddhist spiritual teachers and with scholars from various related disciplines.

Interview with His Holiness the 34th Menri Trizin

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Interview with Charok Lama
Matt Lindén
Charok Lama discusses how to stay calm in a busy world, the Tibetan tulku system, and the importance of understanding the fact that death will certainly come to everyone.
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Interview with Geshe Dorji Damdul
Matt Lindén
Geshe Dorji Damdul explores quantum physics, the problem with gagdets, and the key to a happy world.

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A Personal Account of the Upbringing of Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche II
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Dr. Berzin's role in the education of the reincarnation of his teacher.
Commentary on “Opening the Door to the Dharma” – Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
All the Buddha’s diverse teachings, vehicles and traditions are skillful graded methods leading different beings to the same ultimate realization of liberation and enlightenment.
Opening the Door to the Dharma
Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro
This text by Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro presents an extensive overview of the Buddha’s teachings as organized into multiple vehicles, turnings of the wheel of Dharma and lineages.
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