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Venerable Thubten Chodron Afflictions, our real enemy
Finishing teaching from Chapter 4, describing how to see afflictions as our real enemy and…
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Unhappiness fuels anger
Covering Verses 7-10 of Chapter 6, describing the evolution of how anger enters the mind,…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro The path to liberation
How to cease the twelve links, an outline of ethical practices, and the antidotes to…
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Counterforces to the afflictions
Teaching from Chapter 4, describing various counterforces to the afflictions, such as anger, attachment, jealousy,…
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Working with anger
Teaching on the disadvantages of anger, giving commentary to Verses 1-6 of Chapter 6 "Patience"
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The twelve links of dependent arising (continued)
A review of the first five links and discussion of the remaining seven links of…
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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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The twelve links of dependent arising
The four distortions of mind, answers to questions about happiness and karmic imprints, and the…
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Factors causing afflictions to arise
Continuing teaching from Chapter 4, describing how six principal factors that cause afflictions to arise…
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Antidotes to attachment
A teaching on attachment and its antidotes, and the six causes of delusion.
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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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The defects of anger
Discussing the various defects and disadvantages of anger, covering Verses 1 - 6 of Chapter…
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