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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Afflictions, our real enemy

Finishing teaching from Chapter 4, describing how to see afflictions as our real enemy and…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Counterforces to the afflictions

Teaching from Chapter 4, describing various counterforces to the afflictions, such as anger, attachment, jealousy,…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Feelings and the ethical dimension of afflictions

Continuing the teachings from Chapter 4, explaining the relationship between three types of feelings and…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Factors causing afflictions to arise

Continuing teaching from Chapter 4, describing how six principal factors that cause afflictions to arise…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The order in which afflictions arise

Continuing teaching from Chapter 4, describing the order in which afflictions arise according to different…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Eighty-four thousand afflictions

Completing Chapter 3, covering five hindrances and beginning Chapter 4, describing how fear, anxiety and…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Fetters and pollutants

Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, covering the fetters and pollutants as described in the Pali…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Clusters of afflictions

Teaching from Chapter 3, continuing with the auxiliary afflictions, describing those derived from ignorance and…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Auxiliary afflictions

Teaching from Chapter 3, explaining the auxiliary afflictions in the Sanskrit tradition, covering the afflictions…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Other types of afflictions

Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, describing different types of defilements, covering afflictions and underlying tendencies.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Afflictive views

Teaching from Chapter 3, describing the last four afflictive views and how the afflictive views…

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