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Venerable Thubten Chodron Practicing with adversity
Practices that can be used to transform adverse circumstances into the path.
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Verbal pathways of virtue
Refraining from the nonvirtues of speech and practicing their opposites.
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Physical and verbal pathways of virtue
Refraining from the nonvirtues of body and speech and acting in the opposite way.
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The 10 virtues
Becoming conscious of the virtues can support your motivation to increase your merit.
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Questions about idle talk
Why idle talk (gossip) is said to be the least destructive of the nonvirtues of…
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The 10 non-virtues: 3 of mind
From the ten non-virtues the three of the mind are really difficult to detect and…
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The 10 non-virtues: Idle talk
How to be aware of our use of speech, the topics we talk about with…
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Transforming adversity into the path
Practical ways to practice mind training, looking at problems as opportunities to practice.
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The 10 non-virtues: Harsh speech
The many ways we can use harsh speech and examining the habit patterns of our…
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The 10 non-virtues: Disharmonious speech
A look at divisive speech and how the motivation behind creating disharmony is often jealousy.…
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The 10 non-virtues: Lying
Lying is a complex of trying to hide something and saying the untruth. It has…
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The 10 non-virtues: 3 of body
A description of the three harmful actions of body and the connection to karma.
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