Dec 11, 2014

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Refuge in the Three Jewels

Cultivating faith in the Three Jewels

What faith means in the Buddhist context, and how to contemplate when paying homage to…

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Closeup of a monastic's hand, a prayer book, and mala.
Becoming a Monastic

The importance of monastic training

Monastic life may be viewed as restrictive but actually offers freedom from distractions and freedom…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 10: Quiz review part 2

Continuation of the review of questions on refuting misconceptions of a self. The second part…

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Don't Believe Everything You Think

The misery of attachment

Investigating the affliction of attachment and how it leads to dissatisfaction and dukkha. Changing our…

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Two yellow tulips opening.
Mind and Mental Factors

The secondary afflictions

Final teaching on the root afflictions and beginning explanation on the 20 secondary afflictions, with…

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Two yellow tulips opening.
Mind and Mental Factors

Virtuous mental factors and root afflictions

Explanation of the last four virtuous mental factors and the first two root afflictions.

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Two yellow tulips opening.
Mind and Mental Factors

The virtuous mental factors

An explanation of the first seven of the eleven virtuous mental factors and the benefits…

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Two yellow tulips opening.
Mind and Mental Factors

Creating the causes of happiness

An overview of the six primary minds and 51 mental factors, and an explanation of…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Guided meditation: imagining our death

Imagining our death prepares our mind for death and helps us make our life meaningful…

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For Young People

Think out of the box

Challenging ourselves to step out of the mental boxes we create for ourselves, and to…

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Responding to Prejudice

No compassion, no peace

A social and Dharma perspective on the recent grand jury decision not to indict the…

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