attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Open Heart, Clear Mind study guide
Study guide to the book Open Heart, Clear Mind, a foundational and profound introduction to…
View PostReview of attachment
Venerable Thubten Nyima leads a review of the Chapter 3 section on “Emotions and Klesas,”…
View PostSelflessness keeps you out of SHU
From a teaching by Venerable Chodron, an incarcerated person learns to train consistently to deal…
View PostEmotions and klesas
Teaching on 'Emotions and Klesas', as part of Chapter 3, focusing on attachment.
View PostReturn to reality: Love and hate
Seemingly contradictory feelings can lead to the same prison, a prison of ignorance.
View PostMind and emotions
Beginning Chapter 3: Mind and Emotions, exploring the relationship between unhappiness and non-virtue.
View PostHappiness through renunciation
What do we renounce? We renounce the afflictive mental states that cause negative karma.
View PostFalse friends
There are four kinds of false friends, who are actually foes in the guise of…
View PostAbout attachment
Attachment can be one of the three poisons, or it can be a virtuous aspiration.…
View PostPoems of Human and Spirit
When we spend our time and energy moving between extremes, we are unable to step…
View PostBeing an example of love
The difference between love and attachment, and how attachment can become a real stumbling block…
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