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Mind and Mental Factors

Mapping the Buddhist path onto combating the afflict...

Quotes from scriptures on the afflictions and how the Buddhist path involves removing the afflictions.

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Enough childish behavior!

Shantideva on giving up childish behavior and following in the steps of the wise

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Chants from the Chinese Tradition

Incense offering chant

The incense offering that opens monastic rites in the Chinese Buddhist tradition.

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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2023

Our identity crisis

How social media is affecting personal identities plus personal experiences with identity.

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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2023

Introduction to meditation

Basic Buddhist meditation, guided meditations, and some antidotes to the afflictions that may arise in…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The power of afflictions and purification

Explaining the subtle levels of mind according to sutra and tantra, completing the section, "The…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Aggression, arrogance and grudges

How to work with our dominating, aggressive side that wants to get what we want…

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Living in Community

Buddhist practice and community life

Questions about lay life, monastic life, and community life in relation to Dharma practice and…

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