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Venerable Thubten Chodron More debate practice
The Abbey community practices the debates they wrote with each other.
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Conflict and compassion: Opening our hearts when our...
When we can listen to others and open our mind to the fact that others…
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Role models
Teaching from the last two sections of Chapter 9, on memorization, debate, and role models.
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Kenneth Mondal 
Practicing the defender’s answers
Helping the class practice different answers that the defender can give in response to statements…
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Stages of sustained attention
The nine stages of sustained attention prior to developing serenity or calm abiding.
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Lethargy, sleepiness, restlessness, remorse
The third and fourth hindrance to developing concentration: lethargy and sleepiness, and restlessness and remorse.
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Sensual desire and malice
Walking meditation instructions, sitting meditation posture, and the first two hindrances to developing concentration.
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Conditions conducive for developing concentration
The six conditions conducive for developing concentration and selecting an object of meditation - either…
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Prayers, rituals, and practice
Discussing how to relate to prayer and ritual in Buddhist practice, and the three-step method…
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Debate in action
Leading short debates going through the five answers a defender can give to a challenger.
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