attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Do I really want to change?
Real change requires effort, not just an intellectual understanding of the situation.
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Venerable Thubten Jigme “Precious Garland” review: Quiz 7 questi...
Venerable Thubten Jigme reviews questions on working with attachment especially to intoxicants and the body,…
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Attributes of true dukkha: Impermanence
How to meditate on coarse and subtle impermanence.
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Albert Ramos 
Chapter 5: Verses 438-439
How the 57 faults manifest in daily life, and practicing each of the six perfections…
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No need to fake it: Developing true self-confidence
Our good qualities, the basic purity of our mind and inborn potential, are the basis…
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Overcoming the eight worldly concerns
Though it is difficult to acknowledge our problems with the eight worldly concerns, when we…
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Meditation on working with disturbing emotions
Venerable Thubten Chodron helps us to develop an expansive mind to put the present election…
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A call for empathy
Comments on Michael Lerner's article "Stop Shaming Trump Supporters," and an email from a student…
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