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It's not death that I fear
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The causes of refuge are fear and faith. Gen-la talks about fear of future lives and future suffering. We need to leave behind our potentialities, our suffering. All worlds and being are empty of inherent existence, not separate from the minds perceiving them. We need to purify.
More information on this subject can be found in the books 
Joyful Path of Good Fortune and 
Modern Buddhism.
Modern Buddhism
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How to develop authentic compassion
In this podcast, taken from the Spring Festival 2026, Gen-la Khyenrab guides us to develop authentic compassion by encouraging us to begin with those that we already love.
How to overcome our inner enemy
In this podcast, taken from the Spring Festival 2026, Gen-la Khyenrab guides us to recognise our self-cherishing mind as our true inner enemy, showing how this delusion is the root cause of all our suffering and problems.
How to make a decision to cherish others
In this podcast, taken from the Spring Festival 2026, Gen-la Khyenrab leads us to make our own personal decision to cherish others by showing how this will benefit ourself and others.
The special wisdom of knowing the source of our suffering
Gen-la Khyenrab explains the importance of prayers in preparing our mind to properly listen to, understand and apply Buddha’s teachings in daily life.
The three Higher Trainings are the method to get out of suffering
What makes the three higher trainings ‘higher’? - The motivation of renunciation.
The inner technology to increase human happiness
Teaching from Oral Instructions of Mahamudra, Gen-la introduces the basic Buddhist idea that happiness doesn't come from material development but rather through inner contemplation on virtue.
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Throughout the festival so many meetings take place. First and foremost we meet as an International Kadampa Sangha, a spiritual familiy that stretches around the world. We have an opportunity to experience the International Union of Kadampa Centers and communities that Venerable…
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