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Wisdom

The Buddhist path and emptiness

An overview of the Buddhist path and how the delusion of an intrinsic self is…

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Mindfulness

The four elements

Teaching on how to meditate on mindfulness of the four elements in the body.

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Mind and Mental Factors

Know your mind: The twenty auxiliary afflictions

An explanation of the 20 auxiliary mental afflictions, which are branches of the three root…

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Mind and Mental Factors

Know your mind: Six root afflictions

Explanation of the meaning and antidotes to the remaining five root afflictions: anger, arrogance, ignorance,…

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Mind and Mental Factors

Know your mind: A general explanation of afflictions

An overview of mental afflictions and explanation of the first of the six root afflictions,…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Dependent arising

Completing Chapter 6, covering karma and instinctual behavior and commencing Chapter 7, describing the wheel…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Patience and joyous action

More on the perfection of patience and a teaching on the last three perfections: joyous…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Who’s responsible for our suffering

Covering Verses 42-50 of Chapter 6, exploring various perspectives on who is "responsible" for our…

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Volume 6 Courageous Compassion

Courageous Compassion

An overview of the sixth volume of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, “Courageous Compassion".

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Mindfulness

Mindfulness of the body

Teaching on different meditations on mindfulness of the body.

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Guided Meditations

Meditation on the third attribute of true duhkha

Meditation on exploring the possibility of a permanent, unitary, independent self.

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