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Other types of afflictions
Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, describing different types of defilements, covering afflictions and underlying tendencies.
View PostHow to meditate on the breath
An introduction to meditating on the breath with a guided meditation. Also an analytic meditation…
View PostMeditation 101: Equanimity meditation
Two guided meditations. A meditation on getting in touch with our positive qualities and another…
View PostAfflictive views
Teaching from Chapter 3, describing the last four afflictive views and how the afflictive views…
View PostGood Karma: A bodhisattva’s courage
The heroism of bodhisattvas and how to gradually train the mind to look at the…
View PostGood Karma: Buddha nature
How the two types of buddha nature are the basis for change and awakening. The…
View PostGood Karma: Karma and its effects
The meaning of karma, its four principles, three branches, and three kinds of results. How…
View PostGood Karma: The eight worldly concerns
How subduing the eight worldly concerns is the first step in living a spiritual or…
View PostGood Karma: The causes of happiness and suffering
How karma is like a boomerang, whatever actions we do return and have a similar…
View PostView of a personal identity
Teaching from Chapter 3, describing the view of a personal identity covering the coarse and…
View PostResolute and stable
Covering Verses 5.54-5.60 on how to be resolute in the Dharma practice, cultivate mental stability,…
View PostMeditation 101: Advice for daily meditation practice
Advice for establishing a daily meditation practice and the four parts of a practice session.
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