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Venerable Thubten Chodron Virtuous mental factors and root afflictions
Explanation of the last four virtuous mental factors and the first two root afflictions.
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The virtuous mental factors
An explanation of the first seven of the eleven virtuous mental factors and the benefits…
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Creating the causes of happiness
An overview of the six primary minds and 51 mental factors, and an explanation of…
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Buddhist psychology: Mind and mental factors
Definitions of mind and mental factors according to the Sautrantika school.
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We are all Michael Brown and Darren Wilson
Using the Dharma to process outrage at the Grand Jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri to…
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The second noble truth: the root afflictions
Looking at the six root afflictions—the causes of problems in this life and future lives.
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Changing our minds and emotional habits
How ignorance projects a mode of existence onto things that doesn't exist. Advice on how…
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Overcoming obstacles to Dharma practice
Advice on how to build and keep a consistent practice followed by a talk about…
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Clinging to our identity
The definition of mindfulness of phenomena and how we cling to and grasp at our…
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Venerable Thubten Damcho Connecting with compassion
How important it is to acknowledge past mistakes and harms done in order to truly…
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Verse 55: The crazy elephant
How holding onto to negative thoughts and feelings damages and destroys our relationships with others.
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The results of karma
The three mental non-virtues: coveting, malice and wrong views. The results of each of the…
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