Jun 12, 2014

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 18: The sharp weapon that slices hearts

Our personal weapons of mass destruction -- harsh speech and divisive speech that destroys relationships.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 10: Verse 247

Considering how things are impermanent but do not go completely out of existence. Everything has…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 17: The liar

Lying creates suffering for others and ourselves, and creates the opposite effect of what we…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 16: The load of contaminated aggregates

Taking rebirth with polluted aggregates is a load that weighs us down and only causes…

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Cultivating Compassion

Moving toward compassion

The obstacles that we experience when cultivating compassion and how to overcome them.

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Don't Believe Everything You Think

Working with criticism

How to see those who criticize us and challenge us as teachers who point out…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verses 14-15: The trickster and the exhibitionist

Failing to put the teachings into practice is, in essence, stealing from those who support…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Preliminaries to meditation

Introduction to the series and text. How to set up a daily meditation practice. The…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 10: Verses 236-246

The untenable consequences of positing a permanent creator or soul, refuting non-Buddhist views of a…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 12: Attachment to comfort

Our attachment to comfort causes us to make ludicrous demands on others, and only causes…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 11: False friends

Using others for our own gain, or being used by others for theirs. Examine why…

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