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The importance of motivation
Why wrong views are stifling to our practice, the importance of maintaining our health to…
View PostMeaningful Dharma practice
What makes a bad companion, the importance of respecting Dharma objects, enduring hardships for the…
View PostStriking at the vital point
Why deities have wrathful forms, the practice of tonglen, and our obligation to help those…
View PostAnother take on the fifth precept
A student shares how extending the fifth precept to avoid intoxicants to include wise dietary…
View PostReview of Chapter 7: Counteracting desire
Venerable Thubten Chonyi draws from Aryadeva's text as well as other sources to examine and…
View PostChapter 7: Abandoning attachment to sense objects
Why our attachment to samsara is completely inappropriate, and how giving it up will bring…
View PostChapters 6-7: Verses 150-152
An explanation of emptiness of the mind, emptiness of afflictions, and managing manifest afflictions as…
View PostWatch what you’re doing: your actions have res...
Being aware of our ethical conduct and "cleaning up our act" can lead to a…
View PostChapter 6: Verses 144-149
The disadvantages of anger and the advantages of practicing fortitude when faced with difficulties.
View PostThe legality of bhikkhunī ordination
Looking at the legal issues surrounding the revival of full ordination for nuns.
View PostGiving up clinging to this life
Thinking about the reality of impermanence and death helps us let go of our strong…
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