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Teachings on the mental affliction of anger, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron 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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The dukkha of pain and change
The dukkha of pain and change are unavoidable in cyclic existence, hence we should strive…
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The ten non virtuous paths of action
The three physical and four verbal non-virtues, focusing on the four factors required for them…
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Incarcerated people Saved by the Dharma
A formerly incarcerated person describes how the Dharma helped him turn anger into compassion in…
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