anger

Teachings on the mental affliction of anger, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.

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Mind and Mental Factors

Feelings

The importance of paying more attention to the sensations of an experience than the feelings…

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LR10 Noble Eightfold Path

Right concentration and effort

Examining the eightfold noble path through right concentration and right effort.

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LR14 Bodhisattva Deeds

Three levels of dependent arising

The three levels of dependent arising and why it's important to cultivate this wisdom.

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LR14 Bodhisattva Deeds

Objects of meditation

Examining the various objects of calm abiding meditation taught by the Buddha.

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LR14 Bodhisattva Deeds

The patience of not retaliating

Exploring the patience of not retaliating by looking at the antidotes to anger.

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LR14 Bodhisattva Deeds

Anger and its antidotes

Continuing to explore the far-reaching attitude of patience by looking at the disadvantage of anger…

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LR14 Bodhisattva Deeds

Disadvantages of anger

A look at the far-reaching attitude of patience by exploring the disadvantages of anger and…

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LR11 Twelve Links of Dependent Arising

Dependent arising: Links 1-3

Superstition obscures the right view and brings forth a wrong fantasy view. It is the…

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LR09 The Four Truths for the Aryas

Inappropriate attention

How we pay attention to something affects how we experience it. Considering the many factors…

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Painting of the Buddha's first discourse.
LR09 The Four Truths for the Aryas

The order in which afflictions develop

Examining how the afflictions arise in our day-to-day lives so that we can loosen our…

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