ethical conduct
Teachings on ethical conduct, a fundamental Buddhist practice that is based on avoiding harmful actions and engaging in constructive actions.
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Taking pleasure in bad actions
Completion of the commentary on the intrusive conditions and incompatible propensities that interfere with practicing…
View PostPrerequisites for serenity
What is needed to meditate on serenity and insight? Both are needed equally to attain…
View PostDeveloping equanimity
How to meditate on equanimity as the prelude to developing loving kindness and compassion.
View PostBeing mindful of our precepts and values
Our real practice is to reformat how we think and then change our lives.
View PostHearing, thinking, and meditating
Teaching on a text that was written in response to a debate in Tibet in…
View PostImbued with the Buddhist worldview
How the monastic mind is imbued with the Buddhist worldview and differs from worldly values.
View PostDeveloping inner peace through generosity and ethica...
How Buddhist teachings can help us align with four keys to mental health: resilience, positive…
View PostScience and technology in service of society
Whatever innovations emerge in the fields of science and technology, our motivation and ethical conduct…
View PostFollowing in the Buddha’s Footsteps
An overview of "Following in the Buddha's Footsteps", Volume 4 of The Library of Wisdom…
View PostKnow your mind: Virtuous mental factors
Explanation of the virtuous mental factors of nonattachment, nonhatred, nonconfusion, joyous effort, pliancy, conscientiousness, equanimity,…
View PostKnow your mind: Object-ascertaining and virtuous men...
Explanation of the five object-ascertaining mental factors and the first three virtuous mental factors —faith,…
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