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Covetousness and malice
The four aspects of harsh speech, idle talk, covetousness, and malice.
View PostCreating our world: dependent arising
An explanation of rebirth through dependent arising, based on commentaries of the Rice Seedling Sutra.
View PostThree Jewels of the Vajra vehicle
Finishing the section of Final and Provisional Refuges, and explaining the Three Jewels According to…
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Sexual misconduct, lying, and divisive speech
The four aspects of sexual misconduct, lying and divisive speech.
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Cultivating the wasteland
At this year’s Triple Platform Ordination at Taiping Foen Temple in Taichung, there was an…
View PostFinal and provisional refuges
Describing the difference between the Three Jewels and the objects of refuge, both final and…
View PostThe four aspects of killing and stealing
What comprises a complete path of action of killing and stealing.
View PostEight excellent qualities of sangha jewel
Explaining the eight qualities of sangha jewel found in Maitreya’s Sublime Continuum, teaching from Chapter…
View PostThe general characteristics of karma
Explanation of the four general characteristics of karma.
View PostCultivation of Compassion
How compassion gets us going in the right direction in our life.
View PostEight excellent qualities of the dharma jewel
Explaining the eight excellent qualities of the dharma jewel found in Maitreya’s Sublime Continuum, teaching…
View PostThe eight excellent qualities of the dharma jewel
Explaining the context for understanding the eight qualities of the dharma jewel, teaching from Chapter…
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