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Excellent qualities can be built up cumulatively
Explaining how the mind can be habituated to excellent qualities that can be built up…
View PostWhat is prayer?
A discussion of the nature of prayer in Buddhism and recognizing the kindness of others.
View PostExcellent qualities can be cultivated limitlessly
Describing the clear and cognizant nature of the mind as the stable basis for developing…
View PostDispelling all suffering
How it is possible to have a mind that wishes to dispel the suffering of…
View PostNature of the mind
Explaining how the nature of the mind is free from pollutants, such that good qualities…
View PostEqualizing self and other ultimately
Explanation of the last three points of the equalizing self and other meditation including review…
View PostUnderstanding ignorance
Explaining how afflictions are rooted in ignorance and how we can eradicate ignorance, continuing the…
View PostOthers have been kind
Explanation of the second three points of the nine-point equalizing self and others meditation.
View PostAfflictions are the enemy
Explaining the reason how it is possible to cultivate powerful antidotes to the afflictions, continuing…
View PostOthers are as important as ourselves
Explanation of the first three points of the nine-point equalizing self and others meditation.
View PostSubtlest clear light mind
Describing the meaning of the subtlest clear light mind, and how this is the basis…
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