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Ten powers and eighteen unshared qualities
Concluding the ten powers of buddhas (9 - 10), and covering the first twelve of…
View PostCovetousness and malice
The four aspects of harsh speech, idle talk, covetousness, and malice.
View PostBuddha nature
Explaining the two types of Buddha nature to help us understand our potential.
View PostTen powers
Continuing explaining the ten powers of the Buddha, covering 4-9, teaching from Chapter 2.
View PostRefuting a permanent self
A refutation of partless atoms, permanent objects, and other wrong views.
View PostRefuting the Cittamatra view
Explaining how all phenomena, including mind, are dependent on other factors.
View PostAttachment Controls Us
An introduction to and overview of "A Commentary on the Awakening Mind."
View PostCreating our world: dependent arising
An explanation of rebirth through dependent arising, based on commentaries of the Rice Seedling Sutra.
View PostFour kinds of self-confidence, ten powers
Explaining the four kinds of self-confidence and the first three of the ten powers, teaching…
View PostCaring for our grief
Western material on grief and complementary material from a Buddhist point of view.
View PostClimate grief and resilience
Work to return bison to grasslands in the western US and reasons to be optimistic…
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