attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Working with unfulfilled expectations
How we set ourselves up for disappointment through our expectations, and how we can find…
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Incarcerated people Who’s poisoning me?
A person in prison speaks about his addictions and a brush with death.
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Searching for happiness
Thoughts on fleeting nature of objects of attachment such as reputation, possessions, and emotions.
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Equanimity
Developing equanimity opens the heart equally to all, offering genuine respect for all beings.
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Preparing for a loved one’s death
Using the teachings to prepare the loved one for death and to prepare the family…
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Introducing the four immeasurables
The meaning of immeasurable equanimity and love and the significance of the word "all" when…
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Sufferings of cyclic existence
We can ground our intention to be free from the endless cycle of samsara by…
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Wanting to fix others
How looking at our problems and addressing them is more beneficial than trying to fix…
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Love and attachment
How to not only recognize the difference between love and attachment but how to be…
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Imagining your death
The Buddhist practice of meditation on our own deaths can free our minds from the…
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Nine-point death meditation
By reflecting carefully and thoroughly on death and impermanence, we reach the conclusion that we…
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