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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 1: Abandoning belief in permanence

An introduction to the text "400 Stanzas on the Middle Way" by Aryadeva, the study…

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Mind and Awareness

Quiz review: Seven types of cognizers, part 4

Answers to questions related to correct assumer, doubt, and wrong consciousness.

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Mind and Awareness

Quiz review: Seven types of cognizers, part 3

Answers to questions regarding inferential, inattentive and subsequent cognizers.

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Don't Believe Everything You Think

The poisons of anger, attachment and ignorance

How the three poisons affect our relationships and push us to do many harmful actions.…

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Mind and Awareness

Quiz review: Seven types of cognizers, part 1

Answers to questions related to overview of seven types of cognizers and direct perceivers.

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Mind and Awareness

Wrong consciousness

Importance of hearing, thinking, and meditating to eliminate grasping at true existence to progress on…

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Mind and Awareness

Doubt

Teachings on the consciousness of the mind that triggers doubt.

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Working with Emotions

Conventional and ultimate recovery

Therapy, as in a 12-step program, can bring about conventional healing, while Dharma practice brings…

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Working with Emotions

Visualization and purification

We need a combination of the awakening activities of the Buddhas and our own effort…

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Working with Emotions

Re-writing the 12 steps, 8-12

Finishing up re-writing the 12 steps, how purification and confession fit in, and getting in…

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