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Eighty-four thousand afflictions
Completing Chapter 3, covering five hindrances and beginning Chapter 4, describing how fear, anxiety and…
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Fetters and pollutants
Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, covering the fetters and pollutants as described in the Pali…
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Auxiliary afflictions in the Pali tradition
Teaching from Chapter 3, describing the auxiliary afflictions from the Pali tradition.
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Helping each other feel safe
How to identify when we do or do not feel safe, how to cultivate a…
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Meditation on metta and safety
A guided analytical meditation on loving-kindness or metta, focusing on offering safety to friends, enemies…
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Clusters of afflictions
Teaching from Chapter 3, continuing with the auxiliary afflictions, describing those derived from ignorance and…
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Meditation on coping with fear and anxiety
Guided meditation to look at what triggers fear and anxiety and how to cope with…
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Meditation on mind as the source of happiness and pain
Guided meditation on how emotions and attitudes create our experience.
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Auxiliary afflictions
Teaching from Chapter 3, explaining the auxiliary afflictions in the Sanskrit tradition, covering the afflictions…
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Meditation on loving-kindness
A guided meditation to cultivate a feeling of loving-kindness for ourselves and others, to make…
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Visualization meditation
Guided visualization meditation to bring out our positive qualities and build confidence in them.
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Other types of afflictions
Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, describing different types of defilements, covering afflictions and underlying tendencies.
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