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Being fearless in making life meaningful
Appreciating the value of our precious human life, especially respecting our interest in spiritual growth…
View PostValuing our intelligence
Contemplating the rarity of having a human intelligence to study and practice the Dharma, and…
View PostDispositions, motivations, and practices
An overview of the motivations and practices that comprise the three levels of the path.
View PostParting from the Four Clingings
Verses describing what to practice and what to abandon along the path to awakening.
View PostSerenity meditation and the four essential points
The remedies to laxity and excitement, and the nine stages of meditative stabilization.
View PostTransforming anger
How to change our perspective about suffering to stop anger from arising. Verses 70-79 of…
View PostVerse 77: Freedom from fear
How those who are foolish fear that which does not need to be feared, and…
View PostEight Verses of Thought Transformation
How we can train ourselves to see the world through the eyes of Chenrezig, the…
View PostThe eightfold path
Explanation of the eightfold noble path as it is viewed in the Pali and Sanskrit…
View PostThe motivation for doing retreat
The importance of setting a Dharma motivation to help us cultivate joyous effort and use…
View PostThe misery of attachment
Investigating the affliction of attachment and how it leads to dissatisfaction and dukkha. Changing our…
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