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Parting from the Four Clingings

Keeping a long-term perspective

It's critical that we keep a long-term motivation instead of the happiness of this life…

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Parting from the Four Clingings

Tweaking samsara is not enough

Four distorted ways of thinking that prevent us from seeking lasting happiness.

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Review of the benefits of monastic precepts

Reviewing the second half of Chapter 4, covering benefits of keeping Pratimoksha vows, avoiding intoxicants,…

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Working with Emotions

Buddhist wisdom for managing our emotions

How disturbing emotions keep us bound in samsara and two methods for managing anger.

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Stages of the Path

Training in method and wisdom

Why buddhahood requires training in both method and wisdom.

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Ethics in the Modern World

Cultivating inner peace

How transforming our mind enables us to create peace in a chaotic world.

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Working with Anger

Anger, imputations and assumptions

We impute meaning on things and expect others to agree without clarifying.

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Working with Anger

Anger and the self-centered mind

How to oppose the self-centered mind and more techniques for dealing with anger.

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Working with Anger

Contemplating the faults of anger

Two faults of anger to contemplate and why Buddhahood depends on even cockroaches.

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Working with Anger

Anger and attachment are equally unhelpful

How anger and attachment cause us to exaggerate and project qualities onto people and things.

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On Taking Illness Onto the Path

Mind training in adverse circumstances

How to apply the Dharma to turn your mind when suffering from illness.

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On Refuge and Bodhicitta

Dharma medicine for these times

Cultivating compassion in politically turbulent times.

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