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Dharma in Daily Life

A teaching on impermanence

The Abbey's brush with wildfire.

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Compassion for difficult people

A review looking at selected verses to develop compassion for difficult people with guided meditation.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Review of Buddha nature

Explaining Buddha Nature according to different tenet systems, reviewing the sections “Arya Disposition according to…

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Mind and Mental Factors

How the afflictions harm us

Definition of an affliction, how to identify them, and the ten root afflictions, with detail…

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Mind and Mental Factors

Quotes about the afflictions

The entire Buddhist path mapped onto combating the afflictions with quotes from various Dharma teachers…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Selflessness of phenomena

Explanation of the view of the selflessness of phenomena in the Buddhist tenet schools.

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