attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The purpose of precepts
A talk to the newly ordained about monastic life, a monastic mind, interacting with the…
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Guided meditations on the lamrim
A step-by-step guide to the meditations associated with the lamrim, the gradual path to enlightenment.
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Guided meditations on the lamrim in Spanish
Introduction to the Buddhist view Mind is the source of happiness and pain Mind is…
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Overcoming anger and frustration
An extensive talk on the causes and effects of anger, including antidotes to anger.
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Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas
How to do purification practice and how to visualize the 35 Buddhas.
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Path of accumulation and preparation
What is emptiness? Examining what emptiness means and what is meant when we grasp at…
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Compassion through the dying process
Many issues surround the end of life for caregivers as well as the dying. A…
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Complacency, agitation
Teachings on the afflictions derived from attachment and antidotes to them.
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Objects of attachment and antidotes
How attachment keeps us in cyclic existence and ways to overcome that.
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Reflections on mind training
Sharing personal experiences to highlight the importance of watching our mind.
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Non-attachment and non-hatred
How to cultivate non-attachment yet not adopt aversion or repression.
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