anger
Teachings on the mental affliction of anger, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Laziness that interferes with practice
How laziness interferes with Dharma practice. What it means to be kind to ourselves and…
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Fortitude of practicing the Dharma
Going through physical and mental hardships during our Dharma practice by cultivating patience.
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Fortitude of enduring suffering
Continuing with the explanation of the practice of non-retaliation, and the second type of fortitude…
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Meaning and benefits of fortitude
The types of beings to help and what help should we offer to them. Understanding…
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Disappointment and delight—the eight worldly c...
Confronting the eight worldly concerns will transform our attachments and emotional afflictions into happiness and…
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Incarcerated people 
The determination to be free
Understanding the meaning of renunciation, what we are wishing to be free from, the effects…
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Retreat discussion
A question-and-answer session covering topics including the mindstream, the buzz of being angry, the Medicine…
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Buddha nature and precious human life
Seeing our potential and the conducive circumstances we have to actualize it.
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Opening up to love
Being stuck in a selfish lifestyle centered on "me" keeps us from realizing the interdependence…
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Inside-out practice
An incarcerated person narrates practicing inside the prison to practicing outside and compares that to…
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The four noble truths
A look at the unsatisfactory nature of cyclic existence and how to practice the noble…
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