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Feelings dominate our reactivity
Dominated by reactivity to our feelings, we cling to desirable objects and cling to wrong…
View PostGenerating regret
Need to deep regret for the negative actions committed, reviewing the details, without delays by…
View PostHow feelings create dukkha
Becoming aware of how our lives revolve around feelings of pleasant, unpleasant and neutral helps…
View PostFour opponent powers
How to apply four powers for generating regret for the negative actions in order to…
View PostAntidotes to desire
Meditating on the body as a skeleton as an antidote to desire, and looking at…
View PostJoyfully swimming upstream
Monastics from different traditions discussed the significance of the Vinaya and its application in a…
View PostLesson from an incarcerated person
Taking responsibility for our experiences without blaming ourselves.
View PostThe three characteristics
Understanding the three characteristics of cyclic existence can help us to see things more realistically.
View PostThe three characteristics
A look at the characteristics in life that are unsatisfactory, and how to relate to…
View PostChapter 5: Verses 34-54
Advice on developing mindfulness and introspective awareness by "remaining still like a piece of wood."
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