attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Know your mind: A general explanation of afflictions
An overview of mental afflictions and explanation of the first of the six root afflictions,…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Who’s responsible for our suffering
Covering Verses 42-50 of Chapter 6, exploring various perspectives on who is "responsible" for our…
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Fortitude for those who cause harm
Discussing the tenets of non-Buddhist schools and going to cover Verses 33-38 that discuss how…
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Afflictions and karma, their seeds and latencies
Starting Chapter 5, describing the different classifications of afflictions and covering seeds and latencies of…
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Feelings and the ethical dimension of afflictions
Continuing the teachings from Chapter 4, explaining the relationship between three types of feelings and…
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Factors causing afflictions to arise
Continuing teaching from Chapter 4, describing how six principal factors that cause afflictions to arise…
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Antidotes to attachment
A teaching on attachment and its antidotes, and the six causes of delusion.
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The order in which afflictions arise
Continuing teaching from Chapter 4, describing the order in which afflictions arise according to different…
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Eighty-four thousand afflictions
Completing Chapter 3, covering five hindrances and beginning Chapter 4, describing how fear, anxiety and…
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Fetters and pollutants
Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, covering the fetters and pollutants as described in the Pali…
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