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Meditation on the four kinds of happiness
Guided meditation to increase positive, beneficial states of mind.
View PostWhen compassion arises
A talk about what compassion is, where the word comes from, and what happens when…
View PostVirtue, nonvirtue, merit, and roots of nonvirtue
Completing Chapter 5, covering five types of virtues and five types of nonvirtues and starting…
View PostRefuting a primal substance and independent self
Covering Verses 26-32 of Chapter 6, presenting Buddhist refutations of a primal substance and the…
View PostIdentifying our feelings
How to identify our emotions and distinguish them from thoughts and why it's important.
View PostMeditation on compassion for friends, strangers, and...
A guided analytical meditation on developing compassion for friends, strangers, and enemies.
View PostHaving-ceased
Continuing teaching from Chapter 5, explaining having-ceased and karmic seed and comparing the notions of…
View PostMeditation on developing generosity
A guided analytical meditation on developing generosity.
View PostPushed by our afflictions
Covering Verses 19-25 of Chapter 6, sharing ways to lessen our anger by viewing others’…
View PostMore on seeds and latencies
Continuing teaching from Chapter 5, covering seeds and latencies of afflictions and seeds and latencies…
View PostCourage in the face of harm
Covering Verses 14-19 of Chapter 6, discussing how we can strengthen our mind so it…
View PostAfflictions and karma, their seeds and latencies
Starting Chapter 5, describing the different classifications of afflictions and covering seeds and latencies of…
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