anger
Teachings on the mental affliction of anger, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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All sentient beings have been our mother
Cultivating equanimity and the first step to develop bodhicitta.
View PostHow afflictions manifest
How afflictions are generated and why we need equanimity to combat them.
View PostTwenty secondary afflictions
A teaching on the twenty secondary afflictions and applying antidotes.
View PostHow the afflictions harm us
Definition of an affliction, how to identify them, and the ten root afflictions, with detail…
View PostQuotes about the afflictions
The entire Buddhist path mapped onto combating the afflictions with quotes from various Dharma teachers…
View PostCultivating excellent qualities
Describing the three factors that make the cultivation of excellent qualities, reviewing the sections, "Excellent…
View PostUnpacking our afflictions
How to identify the afflictions within our own minds, along with explaining their causes, their…
View PostUnborn clear light mind
Comparing how the primordially pure mind is understood in the New Translation School (clear light…
View PostAfflictions and the nature of the mind
Explaining how the mind is different from mental factors, teaching from the next section, “Afflictive…
View PostUnderstanding ignorance
Explaining how afflictions are rooted in ignorance and how we can eradicate ignorance, continuing the…
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