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Working with emotions: General antidotes to afflictions
Beneficial approaches to dealing with disturbing emotions.
View PostExcellent qualities can be cultivated limitlessly
Continuing teaching from Chapter 12, explaining how it it is possible to develop positive mental…
View PostTransforming intellectual knowledge into compassiona...
How to apply the Buddha's teachings when the rubber hits the road and our Dharma…
View PostThe disadvantages of samsara
Commentary on Shantideva's verses that point out the disadvantages of samsara, in order to develop…
View PostPrāsaṅgika Madhyamaka tenets: Part 5
The Prāsaṅgika tenet school's explanation of the paths and grounds, the practitioner's progression on the…
View PostIs liberation possible?
Continuing teaching from Chapter 12, describing three reasons that make liberation possible
View PostTransforming intellectual knowledge into compassiona...
Buddhism is full of lists—but how do we put our intellectual knowledge of the Dharma…
View PostWealth is fraught with problems
Shantideva's verses describe the lengths we go to obtain wealth, sex, and possessions, and the…
View PostThe mind and its potential
Completing teaching Chapter 11, "Freedom From Cyclic Existence" and commencing Chapter 12, "Mind and Its…
View PostThe body is not beautiful
Commentary on verses that help to see the body more objectively in order to counter…
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