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Venerable Thubten Chodron Objects of meditation
Examining the various objects of calm abiding meditation taught by the Buddha.
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Preparing for calm abiding meditation
Establishing the six conducive conditions for calm abiding meditation and advice on doing retreat.
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Overcoming discouragement
Continuing to explore far-reaching joyous effort by looking at the three types of discouragement and…
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The far-reaching practice of patience
Exploring the far-reaching attitude of patience by looking at the patience of voluntarily enduring difficulty…
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Generating bodhicitta
Concluding an exploration of the seven-point cause-and-effect meditation by looking at how compassion and the…
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Bodhicitta: Advantages and prerequisites
More of the many advantages of bodhicitta as well as how to cultivate equanimity, a…
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Freeing ourselves from samsara
The advantages of observing the higher training in ethical conduct, advice for keeping our ethics…
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Path to liberation
The distinction between liberation and enlightenment and what kind of body and what path to…
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Causes of the afflictions
How wrong friends, the media, and the force of habit can stir up our afflictions…
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The order in which afflictions develop
Examining how the afflictions arise in our day-to-day lives so that we can loosen our…
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Attachment and anger
Introduction to the six root afflictions and an in-depth look at the first two—attachment and…
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Ajahn Amaro Life without sila is like a car without brakes
The importance of sila, or ethical conduct, from a Theravadan perspective.
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