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1. So how do you guys do stuff? Idiot's guide in plain english?

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   By BaguaKicksAss, December 17, 2013
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   • adept
   • January 2, 2014

2. Rainbow Body....a matter of karma?

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   By Wells, November 16, 2016   

   • rainbow body
   • dzogchen
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   • August 11, 2017

3. Buddha vs Mara short video

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   By idiot_stimpy, November 20, 2012
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   • Jeff
   • December 5, 2012

4. Arhats?

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   By JustARandomPanda, February 11, 2012
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   • Sunya
   • February 20, 2012

5. The Heart Sutra

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   By konchog uma, January 23, 2012
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   • konchog uma
   • February 14, 2012

6. The Final Dhyana

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   By Harmonious Emptiness, September 22, 2011
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   • shine
   • November 9, 2011

7. Lama Tsongkhapa

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   By JustARandomPanda, September 10, 2012   

   • Tibetan Buddhism
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   • RongzomFan
   • October 12, 2012

8. Buddhist View on Taoist Practices?

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   By Rocco, November 24, 2016   

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   • Buddhist
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   • SeekerOfHealing
   • December 29, 2016

9. Starting again from the beginning

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   By Jetsun, January 28, 2013   

   • need advice
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   • Gerard
   • February 8, 2013

10. Turnings of the Wheel of the Dharma

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    By Apech, September 15, 2017
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    • Fa Xin
    • September 20, 2017

11. Soul in Buddhism

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    By Chang dao ling, July 30
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    • blue eyed snake
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12. Share your "Suppressing the thinking mind" techniques

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    By Tatsumaru, February 29, 2016
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13. Life is suffering.

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    By helpfuldemon, May 17, 2023
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    • dontknwmucboutanythng
    • August 8, 2023

14. Buddhist Magic and Why We Shouldn’t Cast It Aside

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    By Apech, January 27, 2021
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    • Mark Foote
    • May 5, 2021

15. Sectarian bickering

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    By goldisheavy, July 31, 2014   

    • sectarianism
    • pride
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    • Simple_Jack
    • August 3, 2014

16. Emptiness

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    By idiot_stimpy, August 16, 2012
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    • gatito
    • August 21, 2013

17. Tibetan prostrations

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    By Miroku, August 1, 2017   

    • prostrations
    • qigong
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    • Miroku
    • September 2, 2021

18. Commonly Closed Chakras

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    By dawn90, December 5, 2017   

    • closed chakra
    • blocked chakras
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      • blocked third eye chakra
      • blocked fifth chakra
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    • KuroShiro
    • December 31, 2017

19. right speech and "real" compassion

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    By konchog uma, January 12, 2013
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    • thetaoiseasy
    • January 15, 2013

20. Samatha vs Vipassina

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    By Maddie, December 28, 2017   

    • your experiences
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    • Boundlesscostfairy
    • January 28, 2018

21. The Three Channels and How to Work with Them

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    By Armando, February 23, 2019   

    • ego/awareness
    • nine step purification breathing technique
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    • March 9, 2019

22. What is opposite of substance?

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    By goldisheavy, August 16, 2014
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    • goldisheavy
    • August 17, 2014

23. Non-Duality in Dzogchen vs Advaita Vedanta

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    By Jeff, August 16, 2017
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    • Nothingness
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24. How are the 5 aggregates (khandas/skhandas) suffering

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    By seekingbuddha, February 6, 2015   

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    • Tibetan_Ice
    • March 3, 2015

25. Malcolm Pees on The Tao Bums

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    By Tibetan_Ice, September 16, 2014
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    • doc benway
    • September 18, 2014

26. Pure Land Buddhism

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    By adept, October 1, 2012
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    • drifting cloud
    • March 4, 2013

27. Reincarnation + linear time + space constrains

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    By Owledge, March 18, 2012
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    • Mokona
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28. Is this a form of the much fabled "grasping"?

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    By Arkx6, September 11, 2018
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    • dawei
    • October 7, 2018

29. Dzogchen vs Mahamudra

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    By iinatti, July 13, 2023
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    • Apech
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30. Thusness and His Path.

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    By Anderson, April 13, 2014
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    • GrandmasterP
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