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Painting of the Buddha's first discourse.
LR09 The Four Truths for the Aryas

Disadvantages of the afflictions

How our afflictions cause conflict, ruin our ethical behavior, and create negative karma.

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Painting of the Buddha's first discourse.
LR09 The Four Truths for the Aryas

Inappropriate attention

How we pay attention to something affects how we experience it. Considering the many factors…

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Painting of the Buddha's first discourse.
LR09 The Four Truths for the Aryas

Causes of the afflictions

How wrong friends, the media, and the force of habit can stir up our afflictions…

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Painting of the Buddha's first discourse.
LR09 The Four Truths for the Aryas

The order in which afflictions develop

Examining how the afflictions arise in our day-to-day lives so that we can loosen our…

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Painting of the Buddha's first discourse.
LR09 The Four Truths for the Aryas

Recognizing our afflictions

Continuing the explanation of the secondary afflictions and the importance of recognizing them in daily…

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Painting of the Buddha's first discourse.
LR09 The Four Truths for the Aryas

Ignorance, doubt, and afflicted views

The different ways in which ignorance manifests, how afflicted doubt impedes spiritual progress, and the…

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LR09 The Four Truths for the Aryas

Pride and ignorance

The seven types of pride and their antidotes, and the three types of ignorance.

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Painting of the Buddha's first discourse.
LR09 The Four Truths for the Aryas

Attachment and anger

Introduction to the six root afflictions and an in-depth look at the first two—attachment and…

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Painting of the Buddha's first discourse.
LR09 The Four Truths for the Aryas

Unsatisfactoriness of god realms

Understanding why the god realms are unsatisfactory helps us understand that rebirth in any realm…

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