attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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The root affliction of anger
Venerable Sangye Khadro continues teaching on the first root affliction of attachment and moves onto…
View PostThe root affliction of attachment
Venerable Sangye Khadro reviews what is virtue and non-virtue and begins the first root affliction…
View PostEight verses of thought transformation: Verses 7-8
Continuing the commentary on verses 7 and 8 of the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation…
View PostVirtuous mental factors #2-6
Venerable Sangye Khadro continues her commentary on the virtuous mental factors, explaining integrity, consideration for…
View PostOpen 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…
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