attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Restlessness and laxity
Explaining the third of the five faults and eight antidotes as taught in Maitreya’s Differentiation…
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Parents and gurus
Responding to questions about ordaining when parents don't approve and how to find a guru.
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Meditating on breath and overcoming hindrances
Explaining how one can meditate on the breath using Vasubandhu’s six steps for developing serenity,…
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Meditating on the body and skeleton
Explaining how one can meditate on the foulness of the body or on the skeleton…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Attachment and jealousy
How to work with attachment to ideas and the antidotes to jealousy.
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The hidden pain of attachment
Concluding the discussion on anger and moving to the disadvantages of attachment.
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Taming the five hindrances
Describing many efffective antidotes for taming the five hindrances, continuing the teaching from Chapter 7.
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Restlessness, regret and deluded doubt
Describing the differences between restlessness and regret, and also explaining the hindrance of deluded doubt,…
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The hindrance of desire
Explaining how to work with the restless body, concluding Chapter 6 and describing the five…
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Objects for developing serenity
Continuing with observed objects for developing serenity, explaining three sections from Chapter 6: Objects for…
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Delusions and antidotes
Examining factors causing delusions and antidotes to anger and attachment.
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