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Mapping the Buddhist path onto combating the afflict...
Quotes from scriptures on the afflictions and how the Buddhist path involves removing the afflictions.
View PostUsing the subtlest clear light mind on the path
Explaining how tantra manifests the subtlest mind-wind and uses it to accumulate merit and wisdom…
View PostEnough childish behavior!
Shantideva on giving up childish behavior and following in the steps of the wise
View PostIncense offering chant
The incense offering that opens monastic rites in the Chinese Buddhist tradition.
View PostOur identity crisis
How social media is affecting personal identities plus personal experiences with identity.
View PostLevels of mind
Explaining what it means to say that the innate clear light is the mind is…
View PostIntroduction to meditation
Basic Buddhist meditation, guided meditations, and some antidotes to the afflictions that may arise in…
View PostAttachment to the body
Commentary on verses looking at the many faults of attachment to the body.
View PostThe power of afflictions and purification
Explaining the subtle levels of mind according to sutra and tantra, completing the section, "The…
View PostAggression, arrogance and grudges
How to work with our dominating, aggressive side that wants to get what we want…
View PostBuddhist practice and community life
Questions about lay life, monastic life, and community life in relation to Dharma practice and…
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