attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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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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How the afflictions harm us
Definition of an affliction, how to identify them, and the ten root afflictions, with detail…
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Quotes about the afflictions
The entire Buddhist path mapped onto combating the afflictions with quotes from various Dharma teachers…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Venerable Thubten Chodron The potential for liberation
Explaining the obscurations to the mind and factors for liberation, reviewing the sections, "The Mind's…
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Attachment to the body
Commentary on verses looking at the many faults of attachment to the body.
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Incarcerated people Dealing with difficult changes
A woman in prison uses a mind training prompt to deal with a difficult situation.
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Good Karma: The four characteristics of karma
More about the characteristics of karma and how to overcome mental suffering.
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What helps at the time of death
The last three points of the nine-point death meditation and how to prepare for death.
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The danger of attachment to the body
How attachment to the body can lead to harmful and unethical actions
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