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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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An Open-Hearted Life

The importance of empathic listening

How listening is different from just hearing, and how we can cultivate the skill of…

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Antidotes to Afflictions

Meditation on perceived threats and needs

A guided analytical meditation on working with perceived threats, and how to change how we…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Karma and our environment

Continuing teaching from Chapter 6, covering the interaction between the mind and external world and…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

It’s unreasonable to be angry

Giving commentary to Verses 38-42, discussing various reasons for why it's unreasonable to be angry…

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