attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro The root affliction of anger
Venerable Sangye Khadro continues teaching on the first root affliction of attachment and moves onto…
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The root affliction of attachment
Venerable Sangye Khadro reviews what is virtue and non-virtue and begins the first root affliction…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Eight verses of thought transformation: Verses 7-8
Continuing the commentary on verses 7 and 8 of the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation…
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Virtuous mental factors #2-6
Venerable Sangye Khadro continues her commentary on the virtuous mental factors, explaining integrity, consideration for…
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Open Heart, Clear Mind study guide
Study guide to the book Open Heart, Clear Mind, a foundational and profound introduction to…
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Venerable Thubten Nyima Review of attachment
Venerable Thubten Nyima leads a review of the Chapter 3 section on “Emotions and Klesas,”…
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Incarcerated people Selflessness keeps you out of SHU
From a teaching by Venerable Chodron, an incarcerated person learns to train consistently to deal…
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Emotions and klesas
Teaching on 'Emotions and Klesas', as part of Chapter 3, focusing on attachment.
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Luis - Oct 7, 2018
Luis Return to reality: Love and hate
Seemingly contradictory feelings can lead to the same prison, a prison of ignorance.
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Mind and emotions
Beginning Chapter 3: Mind and Emotions, exploring the relationship between unhappiness and non-virtue.
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Happiness through renunciation
What do we renounce? We renounce the afflictive mental states that cause negative karma.
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False friends
There are four kinds of false friends, who are actually foes in the guise of…
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