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Antidotes to Afflictions

Meditation on antidotes to attachment

A guided meditation on identifying the disturbing effects of attachment and applying antidotes to decrease…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Review of the four truths

Reviewing Chapter 1, covering four truths and sixteen attributes of the four truths.

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Jealousy

Giving commentary to Verses 73-84 of Chapter 6, explaining the disadvantages of, and antidotes to,…

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Wisdom

Dependent arising

How dependent arising helps to understand emptiness.

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Buddhist Worldview

100,000 Bows Toward Full Awakening

A wide-ranging Q&A session on spiritual practice with two monks from Clear Mountain Monastery.

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An Open-Hearted Life

Empathy and humor

The importance of offering empathy to ourselves and others to bring connection and ease of…

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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Meditation on the four immeasurables

A guided meditation on the four immeasurables—love, compassion, joy, and equanimity.

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Working with Emotions

Developing inner peace through focus

Reduce negative thoughts and become more calm and attentive by focusing on the breath.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The root of samsara

Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, explaining how different tenet systems describe what is the root…

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Antidotes to Afflictions

Meditation on antidotes to anger

A guided meditation on identifying the disturbing effects of anger and applying antidotes to decrease…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Attachment and anger

Commenting on Verses 66-74 of Chapter 6, discussing the relationship between attachment and anger and…

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Wisdom

Analyzing the basis of self

Characteristics of belief in a self-sufficient substantially existent self and meditations on selflessness and emptiness.

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