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Working with Emotions

Liberation from the eight dangers: Verses 4-8

Eight mental and emotional afflictions and the antidotes to subdue them. The last four verses…

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Working with Emotions

Liberation from the eight dangers: Verses 1-3

Eight mental and emotional afflictions and the antidotes to subdue them. The first three verses…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Review of Chapter 1

A review of Chapter 1 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle Way" focuses on…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 8: Thoroughly preparing the student

Verses preparing the student’s mind for profound teachings on emptiness, the ultimate medicine that will…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapters 7-8: Verses 173-176

By meditating on the disadvantages of attachment to seemingly attractive objects we can focus on…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 7: Verses 166-172

Abandoning attachment to upper rebirths, or fame and wealth in this life, we can develop…

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Don't Believe Everything You Think

Aspiring for freedom: why worldly pleasures won̵...

Cultivating contentment and aspiring for liberation, short-term pleasure versus long-term happiness.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 7: Verses 158-165

A look at how much time we spend on acquiring objects of the senses, effort…

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Wheel of Sharp Weapons

Ethical conduct and emptiness

An explanation of right livelihood, dangers of bragging about our qualities, and the importance of…

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Wheel of Sharp Weapons

The importance of motivation

Why wrong views are stifling to our practice, the importance of maintaining our health to…

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Wheel of Sharp Weapons

Meaningful Dharma practice

What makes a bad companion, the importance of respecting Dharma objects, enduring hardships for the…

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Wheel of Sharp Weapons

Striking at the vital point

Why deities have wrathful forms, the practice of tonglen, and our obligation to help those…

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