Gen-la Dekyong https://kadampa.org/series/gen-la-dekyong Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:27:16 +0000 episodic false https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Gen-la-Dekyong-podcast.jpg Gen-la Dekyong https://kadampa.org/series/gen-la-dekyong No yes b4571a2d-b086-5800-a45a-42e61a0f9aed https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Transform difficulties into spiritual fuel https://kadampa.org/podcast/transform-difficulties-into-spiritual-fuel Tue, 07 Oct 2025 22:31:52 +0000 https://kadampa.org/?post_type=podcast&p=663681 This teaching presents the Kadampa view that suffering has good qualities and is inevitable in impure life. Through Dorje Shugden’s blessings, practitioners learn to courageously accept suffering and transform difficulties into spiritual fuel, developing renunciation, compassion, and wisdom rather than rejecting life’s challenges.

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]]> This teaching presents the Kadampa view that suffering has good qualities and is inevitable in impure life. Through Dorje Shugden’s blessings, practitioners learn to courageously accept suffering and transform difficulties into spiritual fuel, developing renunciation, compassion, and wisdom rather than rejecting life’s challenges.

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Gen-la-Dekyong-podcast.jpg Transform difficulties into spiritual fuel false no 00:22:48 No no The Practice of Relying Upon Dorje Shugden https://kadampa.org/podcast/the-practice-of-relying-upon-dorje-shugden Mon, 06 Oct 2025 21:55:10 +0000 https://kadampa.org/?post_type=podcast&p=663058 This teaching explores the practice of relying upon Dorje Shugden as a Dharma protector. It emphasizes using instructions as a “mirror of Dharma” to examine one’s mind and understanding that protecting inner spiritual realizations—compassion, bodhichitta, and wisdom—matters most, not outer conditions.

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]]> This teaching explores the practice of relying upon Dorje Shugden as a Dharma protector. It emphasizes using instructions as a “mirror of Dharma” to examine one’s mind and understanding that protecting inner spiritual realizations—compassion, bodhichitta, and wisdom—matters most, not outer conditions.

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Gen-la-Dekyong-podcast.jpg The Practice of Relying Upon Dorje Shugden false no 00:07:37 No no Going against the self-cherishing mind https://kadampa.org/podcast/going-against-the-self-cherishing-mind Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:32:47 +0000 https://kadampa.org/?post_type=podcast&p=642927 In this extract we learn a simple, practical method for going against our self-cherishing mind – just make others happy!

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]]> In this extract we learn a simple, practical method for going against our self-cherishing mind – just make others happy!

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Gen-la-Dekyong-podcast.jpg Going against the self-cherishing mind false no 00:13:47 No no Have no hatred for enemies and no attachment for friends https://kadampa.org/podcast/have-no-hatred-for-enemies-and-no-attachment-for-friends Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:25:02 +0000 https://kadampa.org/?post_type=podcast&p=642472 In this clip Gen-la Dekyong explains the uncommon meaning of this verse from Atisha’s Advice to help us find the inner peace of patience every day…

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]]> In this clip Gen-la Dekyong explains the uncommon meaning of this verse from Atisha’s Advice to help us find the inner peace of patience every day…

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Gen-la-Dekyong.jpg What does it mean to improve our mind? false no 00:08:51 No no Making wisdom determinations https://kadampa.org/podcast/making-wisdom-determinations Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:51:05 +0000 https://kadampa.org/?post_type=podcast&p=533656 Determinations take us in a particular direction in life so they can empower us to change.

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]]> Determinations take us in a particular direction in life so they can empower us to change.

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Gen-la-Kelsang-Dekyong-2013-280x300.jpg Making wisdom determinations false no 00:10:58 No no Developing a happy mind is as simple as stirring sugar into tea https://kadampa.org/podcast/developing-a-happy-mind-is-as-simple-as-stirring-sugar-into-tea Mon, 06 May 2024 16:04:54 +0000 https://kadampa.org/?post_type=podcast&p=509984 We learn to control our own mind every day. Our mind can give us a happy life or a wretched life. Add any of the eleven virtuous mental factors to our mind and our whole mind becomes virtuous. We can learn to change our own mind from unhappy to happy through the power of Dharma.

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]]> We learn to control our own mind every day. Our mind can give us a happy life or a wretched life. Add any of the eleven virtuous mental factors to our mind and our whole mind becomes virtuous. We can learn to change our own mind from unhappy to happy through the power of Dharma.

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ep-1.jpg Developing a happy mind is as simple as stirring sugar into tea false no 00:12:45 No no What is mental factor effort https://kadampa.org/podcast/what-is-mental-factor-effort Thu, 21 Mar 2024 07:00:58 +0000 https://kadampa.org/?post_type=podcast&p=495794 Mental factor effort makes the mind delight in virtue. We have to learn how to make effort appear in our mind. The function of effort is to facilitate virtue so then we will always be enjoying our own mind and be creating happiness for the future. This teaching is based on How to Understand the Mind.

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]]> Mental factor effort makes the mind delight in virtue. We have to learn how to make effort appear in our mind. The function of effort is to facilitate virtue so then we will always be enjoying our own mind and be creating happiness for the future. This teaching is based on How to Understand the Mind.

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Gen-la-Dekyong-What-is-mental-factor-effort.png What is mental factor effort false no 00:15:46 No no Hope from Prayer https://kadampa.org/podcast/hope-from-prayer Mon, 01 Jan 2024 11:59:17 +0000 https://kadampa.org/?post_type=podcast&p=468929 In this extract from Gen-la Dekyong’s New Years Eve teaching she discusses how prayer can help us to find hope and strength in difficult times. She talks about using prayer to transform feelings of helplessness into compassion and love, especially when faced with the world’s pain and conflicts.

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]]> In this extract from Gen-la Dekyong’s New Years Eve teaching she discusses how prayer can help us to find hope and strength in difficult times. She talks about using prayer to transform feelings of helplessness into compassion and love, especially when faced with the world’s pain and conflicts.

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Hope-from-prayer.png Hope from Prayer false no 00:09:02 No no The flexibility that comes from mental suppleness https://kadampa.org/podcast/the-flexibility-that-comes-from-mental-suppleness Mon, 25 Dec 2023 07:00:16 +0000 https://kadampa.org/?post_type=podcast&p=466847 Mental suppleness removes the inflexibility of the mind, its slowness and heaviness. Mental rigidity that is dispelled by suppleness is the basis of many delusions. We need noticeable mental suppleness.

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]]> Mental suppleness removes the inflexibility of the mind, its slowness and heaviness. Mental rigidity that is dispelled by suppleness is the basis of many delusions. We need noticeable mental suppleness.

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/The-flexibility-that-comes-from-mental-suppleness.jpg The flexibility that comes from mental suppleness false no 00:17:52 No no A straightforward way to change our world for the better https://kadampa.org/podcast/a-straightforward-way-to-change-our-world-for-the-better Mon, 20 Nov 2023 09:08:32 +0000 https://kadampa.org/?post_type=podcast&p=457438 The correct methods to improve our world lie in our own heart.

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]]> The correct methods to improve our world lie in our own heart.

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gen-laD_changeoutworld.jpg A straightforward way to change our world for the better false no 00:13:18 No no What makes an object virtuous or non-virtuous? https://kadampa.org/podcast/what-makes-an-object-virtuous-or-non-virtuous Mon, 13 Nov 2023 11:55:41 +0000 https://kadampa.org/?post_type=podcast&p=454789 What is a virtuous object? That depends on your mind. We need to not forget virtue.

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]]> What is a virtuous object? That depends on your mind. We need to not forget virtue.

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Gen-laDpodcast.jpg What makes an object virtuous or non-virtuous? false no 00:10:06 No no Using our wisdom as a direct antidote for anger https://kadampa.org/podcast/using-our-wisdom-as-a-direct-antidote-for-anger Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:24:07 +0000 https://kadampa.org/?post_type=podcast&p=449550 Wisdom is the only direct method of eradicating our delusions and suffering. To do this we use our experience of pain and suffering every day to improve our understanding of emptiness.

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]]> Wisdom is the only direct method of eradicating our delusions and suffering. To do this we use our experience of pain and suffering every day to improve our understanding of emptiness.

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