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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

The benefits of difficulties

Covering Verses 8-14 of Chapter 6, discussing the benefits of meditating on duhkha (suffering) and…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Afflictions, our real enemy

Finishing teaching from Chapter 4, describing how to see afflictions as our real enemy and…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Unhappiness fuels anger

Covering Verses 7-10 of Chapter 6, describing the evolution of how anger enters the mind,…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Compassionate communication

How to bring compassion to our communication and how to look at situations objectively without…

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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Meditation on compassion for our enemies

A guided analytical meditation to cultivate compassion for those we have difficulty with or who…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Counterforces to the afflictions

Teaching from Chapter 4, describing various counterforces to the afflictions, such as anger, attachment, jealousy,…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Working with anger

Teaching on the disadvantages of anger, giving commentary to Verses 1-6 of Chapter 6 "Patience"

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Feelings and the ethical dimension of afflictions

Continuing the teachings from Chapter 4, explaining the relationship between three types of feelings and…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Factors causing afflictions to arise

Continuing teaching from Chapter 4, describing how six principal factors that cause afflictions to arise…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The order in which afflictions arise

Continuing teaching from Chapter 4, describing the order in which afflictions arise according to different…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Compassion and empathy review

Further commentary on how empathy is important in being compassionate, how to develop empathy and…

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