attachment

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

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Mindfulness of the five hindrances

Describing the four-step process for contemplating mindfulness of phenomena in terms of the five hindrances,…

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Refuge and bodhicitta

Leading an extensive motivation on about rooting ourselves in refuge and bodhicitta and explaining the…

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Working with Emotions

Ask before you assume

How we can learn to question our assumptions and connect with others.

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Mindfulness of phenomena

Explaining the section on Mindfulness of Phenomena, beginning teaching from Chapter 13.

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Mindfulness of feelings

Explaining the section on how to meditate on mindfulness of feelings from the Four Establishments…

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Charnel ground contemplation

Explaining the section on the Nine Charnel Ground Contemplations, and beginning the section on Mindfulness…

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Meditating on the foulness of the body

Checking if our notion of the body corresponds with what the body actually is Experiences…

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

The thirty-two parts of the body

Continuing the section on mindfulness of the foulness of the body, covering the six groups…

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