Jan 31, 2013

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Mind and Awareness

Inferential cognizers and obscured phenomena

How to apply syllogisms to examine the day-to-day assumptions our conceptual mind makes.

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Four Establishments of Mindfulness Retreat

Meditating on mindfulness of feelings

How to distinguish raw physical sensation and unpleasant feelings and noting how the mind relates…

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Four Establishments of Mindfulness Retreat

Mindfulness and lamrim meditation

How the four establishments of mindfulness practice fits with the Stages of the Path to…

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Four Establishments of Mindfulness Retreat

Three types of dukkha

The three types of dukkha and its causes, how to generate renunciation, and methods for…

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Four Establishments of Mindfulness Retreat

Motivation for practicing Dharma

Fitting the four establishments of mindfulness practices into the framework of the lamrim as well…

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Mind and Awareness

Facsimile direct perceiver and inferential cognizers

Summary of different types of conceptual consciousness and introduction to inferential cognizer.

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Making Offerings

Taking down offerings

The third of three talks about how to set up an altar at home covers…

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Practicing Democracy

Cultivating social harmony

On our responsibility to cultivate positive qualities within ourselves in order to experience them in…

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