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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 38-42
A look at the karmic causes of difficulties in our practice or difficulties overcoming the…
View PostWheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 34-37
Verses describing the causes of karmic results such as interferences with understanding the teachings and…
View PostWheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 29-33
The results of not respecting the monastic sangha and the Dharma texts, and not meditating…
View PostWheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 25-28
When others turn on us, friends become enemies, when we become sick, looking at the…
View PostWheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 22-24
These verses cover the causes of such results as disappointment from our spiritual mentors and…
View Post“Nuns in the West I:” Interviews
Buddhist and Catholic monastics open discussion on various views.
View PostWheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 16-21
These verses consider the results of difficult relationships with spiritual mentors and trace them back…
View PostWheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 10-15
How mental suffering is a result of suffering inflicted on others, and bearing hardships that…
View PostPrison of desire
Finding inner freedom by seeing our shortcomings and working to change oneself.
View PostWheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 7-10
These verses describe how well acquainted we are with our afflictions and how to begin…
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