Dec 11, 2014
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Cultivating faith in the Three Jewels
What faith means in the Buddhist context, and how to contemplate when paying homage to…
View PostThe importance of monastic training
Monastic life may be viewed as restrictive but actually offers freedom from distractions and freedom…
View PostChapter 10: Quiz review part 2
Continuation of the review of questions on refuting misconceptions of a self. The second part…
View PostThe misery of attachment
Investigating the affliction of attachment and how it leads to dissatisfaction and dukkha. Changing our…
View PostThe secondary afflictions
Final teaching on the root afflictions and beginning explanation on the 20 secondary afflictions, with…
View PostVirtuous mental factors and root afflictions
Explanation of the last four virtuous mental factors and the first two root afflictions.
View PostThe virtuous mental factors
An explanation of the first seven of the eleven virtuous mental factors and the benefits…
View PostCreating the causes of happiness
An overview of the six primary minds and 51 mental factors, and an explanation of…
View PostBuddhist psychology: Mind and mental factors
Definitions of mind and mental factors according to the Sautrantika school.
View PostGuided meditation: imagining our death
Imagining our death prepares our mind for death and helps us make our life meaningful…
View PostThink out of the box
Challenging ourselves to step out of the mental boxes we create for ourselves, and to…
View PostNo compassion, no peace
A social and Dharma perspective on the recent grand jury decision not to indict the…
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