attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro The root causes of grief
Why we suffer and experience grief. How to move through grief and transform it.
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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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Venerable Thubten Chodron The eight worldly concerns
Examining our attachment and aversion in the eight worldly concerns.
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Four puzzling points
Explaining the four puzzling points, from the section, "A Puzzle", in Chapter 13.
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Disconnect to connect
How we can disconnect from attachment and connect to positive qualities.
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Looking for the heart
A look at the nature of the mind and the three principle aspects of the…
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How to free your mind: The Tara sadhana and countera...
Using antidotes to counteract the eight inner dangers.
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Strengthening and maintaining mental well-being—the ...
Keeping mentally healthy from a Buddhist perspective.
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Nine similes for Tathāgatagarbha
Explaining the first two similes from the section, "Nine Similes for Tathāgatagarbha", in Chapter 13,…
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Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) How afflictions manifest
How afflictions are generated and why we need equanimity to combat them.
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Twenty secondary afflictions
A teaching on the twenty secondary afflictions and applying antidotes.
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