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Criteria of trust
Examining the criteria we use for trusting others. We should base trust on how people…
View PostObject possessors and seven types of cognizers
Classification of possessors of objects and types of mind comprehending objects. How this is important…
View PostMeditating on emptiness using the four-point analysis
How to search effectively for the inherently existent self.
View PostBodhicitta as the result
After practicing the six causes of bodhicitta, the result - bodhicitta - can arise.
View PostBeginning love with ourselves
Developing warm-heartedness for ourselves first, and then expanding it to others.
View PostCultivating satisfaction
Learning to cultivate satisfaction and see the interdependent relationship of all beings.
View PostThree types of dukkha
Learning about the three types of suffering and their causes, and overcoming them.
View PostEthical behavior and happiness
How happiness is connected to ethical conduct, and the four kinds of happiness of a…
View PostInvestigating happiness
Looking at different types of happiness and asking what it really is and what it…
View PostThree virtues entwined
A mother shares how she deals with her child's fear of death from cancer.
View PostDismantling preconceptions
Getting rid of preconceptions and developing the confidence of a bodhisattva.
View PostGratitude towards parents
Parents give incredible kindness, and even with their own cultural conditioning they do such an…
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