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For the good of all beings
The sangha is crucial because it ensures the durability of the Dharma experience by understanding…
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Being a monastic in the West
Practicing mindfulness leads us to the happiness that is the absence of ill-being.
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Monastic ordination
Looking at ordination and the higher training in ethics as a path to liberation from…
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Lack of faith, forgetfulness, non-introspective aler...
How to be aware of mental factors that affect our practice and how to develop…
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Concealment, lethargy, laziness
How the afflictions related to ignorance impede spiritual progress and how to overcome them.
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Complacency, agitation
Teachings on the afflictions derived from attachment and antidotes to them.
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Life as Buddhist nun in the West
The challenges and lessons learned by a Western nun help to understand what it means…
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Wrath, vengeance, spite, jealousy
Summary of disturbing attitudes that arise from anger and specific antidotes.
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A message from His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Advice for Buddhist nuns to single-mindedly take the essence of Buddhism and put it into…
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