Teachings
Teachings on the Buddhist worldview from introductory talks to comprehensive explanations of the stages of the path to awakening.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Absorption factors and the jhanas
Entering the jhanas and how one progresses through the jhanas.
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Counteracting the hindrances
How we use the absorption factors when cultivating concentration and which absorption factors counteract which…
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Patience in developing serenity
How we cultivate the absorption factors along with cultivating serenity and the importance of patience…
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The source of happiness and misery
How to apply the teachings to our lives in a practical way.
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Five absorptions factors in brief
A brief description of each of the five absorption factors. How the pleasure we get…
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Concentration and the five absorption factors
A brief description of serenity and the levels of concentration and how they relate to…
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Hindrances to concentration: Doubt
The fifth of the five hindrances, doubt, and how to counteract it. The importance of…
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Hindrances to concentration: Remorse
Part two of two talks on the fourth of the five hindrances, restlessness and remorse,…
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Colleagues and clients
Bringing our practice into the workplace to transform habitual ways of relating to others.
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Hindrances to concentration: Restlessness
Part one of two talks on the fourth of the five hindrances, restlessness and remorse,…
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Hindrances to concentration: Dullness and drowsiness
A continuation of the third of the five hindrance, dullness and drowsiness, and how to…
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An inherently existent self
How to investigate if the self is inherently different from the aggregates and steps in…
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