Concluding the teaching from Chapter 7 of the book “The Foundation of Buddhist Practice.” covering the section “The Buddha Responds to Questions about Rebirth”.
Examples illustrating rebirth
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“Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature”: Anger and it’s antidotes
Anger is one of the afflictions causing us to revolve in samsara. A commentary on the variations of anger and how to subdue it.
How a Buddhist deals with burnout
Factors that lead to burnout and how to avoid it in professional work, volunteer work, helping professions and Dharma practice.
Consumerism and the environment
Continuing Chapter 12, covering the sections “Consumerism and the Environment,” “The World of Business and Finance,” and “Media and the Arts”.
Willingness to undergo hardship
Finishing Chapter 11, by covering the sections “Willingness to Undergo Hardship,” “Keeping a Happy Mind,” “Realized Beings,” and “What I Have Learned in Life.”
Eight verses of thought transformation: Verses 3-6
Continuing commentary on verses 3-6 of the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation by Geshe Langri Tangpa in Chapter 6.
“An Open-Hearted Life”: Beyond Blame
How it’s possible to go beyond blaming others or our self and work together to alleviate the suffering that everyone experiences in a difficult situation.
How to have a happy mind
Happiness comes from internal transformation. How to use Buddhist teachings to change our own motivation and attitudes to benefit ourselves and others.
Review of emotions and feelings
Venerable Thubten Chonyi leads a review of the section “Buddhism, Science, and Emotions” from Chapter 3 “Mind and Emotions.”
Disagreement and conflict
Teaching on the six roots of dispute, and the principle of ‘survival of the most cooperative.’