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An Open-Hearted Life

Friends who give bad advice

How habitual disturbing emotions are like friends giving bad advice.

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Dharma in Daily Life

Transforming knowledge into action

Practices we can do in daily life to integrate the Dharma. The perfection of joyous…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The potential for liberation

Explaining the obscurations to the mind and factors for liberation, reviewing the sections, "The Mind's…

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Q&A with Clear Mountain Monastery

Question and answer with Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho of Clear Mountain Monastery in Seattle,…

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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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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2023

Unpacking our afflictions

How to identify the afflictions within our own minds, along with explaining their causes, their…

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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2023

A life without guilt and blame

How to gain a valid sense of self-esteem while also learning how to evaluate ourselves…

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