attachment

Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.

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Stages of the Path

Identifying attachment

Review of the lamrim outline and examining attachment and its antidotes.

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Working with Emotions

Disturbing emotions and the mind

Positive and negative emotions, methods of expressing them, and advice for meditation during retreat.

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Stages of the Path

Only dharma will benefit at death

Describing the last 3 points of the nine-point death meditation, teaching from Chapter 8.

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Dharma in Daily Life

The eight worldly concerns

Examining our attachment and aversion in the eight worldly concerns.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Four puzzling points

Explaining the four puzzling points, from the section, "A Puzzle", in Chapter 13.

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Working with Emotions

Disconnect to connect

How we can disconnect from attachment and connect to positive qualities.

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Buddhist Worldview

Looking for the heart

A look at the nature of the mind and the three principle aspects of the…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Nine similes for Tathāgatagarbha

Explaining the first two similes from the section, "Nine Similes for Tathāgatagarbha", in Chapter 13,…

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