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Bodhicitta motivation
The bodhicitta motivation is crucial to our practice. Self-centered thinking limits us and holds us…
View PostWhat is retreat?
Valuable advice for doing retreat—working with the mind, with pain, how to visualize, how to…
View PostWho is White Tara?
As an introduction to retreat, an explanation of who White Tara is and what she…
View PostFeelings 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…
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