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Venerable Thubten Chodron The root afflictions: Anger
Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, explaining four types of clinging, what is anger and how…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro The eight worldly concerns
An outline of the eight worldly concerns, what happens at death and the three unfortunate…
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Awareness of our body and speech
Covering Verses 5.34-45, discussing how we can use mindfulness and introspection to assess how we…
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Meditation 101: Meditating on the breath
Instruction on posture and techniques of breathing meditation and bare attention meditation for mindfulness.
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Preparing for death
Various spiritual practices to help us prepare for our own and others' death.
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Dealing with grief
The mindfulness of death practice and how to deal with grief over losing loved ones.
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Rebirth and the uncertainty of the time of death
Evidence supporting rebirth, and instruction on the second root of the nine-point death meditation—that the…
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Facing fear of death
How to face the fear of death and practical methods to decrease fear and anxiety.
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The root afflictions: Attachment
How the afflictions cause problems and the importance of combating them. What attachment is and…
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Recollecting the Buddha
Covering Verses 31-35 of Chapter 5, discussing how mindfulness and introspection arise, and how to…
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Death and impermanence
An explanation of the samsaric realms and Buddhist cosmology, plus discussion on impermanence and the…
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Our human value
How reflecting on duhkha lessens attachment to worldly pleasures and leads to an aspiration for…
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