attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Meditation on antidotes to attachment
A guided meditation on identifying the disturbing effects of attachment and applying antidotes to decrease…
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Attachment and anger
Commenting on Verses 66-74 of Chapter 6, discussing the relationship between attachment and anger and…
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Counteracting anger
Covering Verses 62-66, leading a discussion on working with the self-centered thought and describing more…
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Debating with anger
Beginning with a review of Verses 42-50, and then leading us in a debate between…
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Know your mind: The twenty auxiliary afflictions
An explanation of the 20 auxiliary mental afflictions, which are branches of the three root…
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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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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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