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Building Trust

The four opponent actions for healing broken trust

Practical steps to restoring a trusting relationship. The four opponent powers specifically in healing trust…

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Building Trust

What mental factors protect trust?

Several mental factors, like mindfulness and consideration for others, can help us to remain trustworthy…

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Building Trust

Healing broken trust

In trying to repair a relationship where trust has been broken, it's important to be…

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Building Trust

Criteria of trust

Examining the criteria we use for trusting others. We should base trust on how people…

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Mind and Awareness

Object possessors and seven types of cognizers

Classification of possessors of objects and types of mind comprehending objects. How this is important…

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2012

Bodhicitta as the result

After practicing the six causes of bodhicitta, the result - bodhicitta - can arise.

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2012

Beginning love with ourselves

Developing warm-heartedness for ourselves first, and then expanding it to others.

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2012

Cultivating satisfaction

Learning to cultivate satisfaction and see the interdependent relationship of all beings.

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2012

Three types of dukkha

Learning about the three types of suffering and their causes, and overcoming them.

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2012

Ethical behavior and happiness

How happiness is connected to ethical conduct, and the four kinds of happiness of a…

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2012

Investigating happiness

Looking at different types of happiness and asking what it really is and what it…

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