attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Identifying attachment
Review of the lamrim outline and examining attachment and its antidotes.
View PostThe root causes of grief
Why we suffer and experience grief. How to move through grief and transform it.
View PostDisturbing emotions and the mind
Positive and negative emotions, methods of expressing them, and advice for meditation during retreat.
View PostOnly dharma will benefit at death
Describing the last 3 points of the nine-point death meditation, teaching from Chapter 8.
View PostThe eight worldly concerns
Examining our attachment and aversion in the eight worldly concerns.
View PostFour puzzling points
Explaining the four puzzling points, from the section, "A Puzzle", in Chapter 13.
View PostDisconnect to connect
How we can disconnect from attachment and connect to positive qualities.
View PostLooking for the heart
A look at the nature of the mind and the three principle aspects of the…
View PostHow to free your mind: The Tara sadhana and countera...
Using antidotes to counteract the eight inner dangers.
View PostStrengthening and maintaining mental well-being—the ...
Keeping mentally healthy from a Buddhist perspective.
View PostNine similes for Tathāgatagarbha
Explaining the first two similes from the section, "Nine Similes for Tathāgatagarbha", in Chapter 13,…
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