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Essence of a Human Life

Making wise decisions

Key principles that we can use to make decisions that will create the causes of…

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Essence of a Human Life

Gambling and other addictions

Expanding on the precept not to take intoxicants to include other activities, such as gambling,…

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Transforming War and Terrorism

Too precious to lose

A call for compassion for the young perpetrators of terrorist acts in France.

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Chapter 5: Concentration: Sanskrit and Chinese tradi...

Meditative absorptions beyond the ninth stage of sustained attention, and meditative paths to the union…

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Chapter 5: Concentration: Sanskrit tradition

Advantageous preparations, postural position, and objects for meditation, and five faults that interfere with attaining…

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Chapter 5: Concentration: Pali teachings

Eight meditative liberations that temporarily suppress afflictions, and the super-knowledges and their compassionate purpose.

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Transforming War and Terrorism

A prayer for the world

A look at the attacks in Paris in the context of violence around the world.

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Chapter 5: Higher training in concentration

Realms of existence and spheres of consciousness in gaining samadhi, and bodhisattva and tantric ethics…

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