attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Dedication verses
Why it's important to dedicate to never be separated from the Triple Gem, and a…
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Offering our food
A continuing commentary on the verses for offering food to the Three Jewels.
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Reputation and reward
When we desire reward and respect we may manipulate others to get what we want.…
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The four immeasurables in meditation and daily life
We can have equal care and concern for everyone simply because they exist, simply because…
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Mindfulness of the body—two meditations
The meditations on the mindfulness of the body help to see the body in a…
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Making room for the Dharma—the eight worldly concerns
By reflecting on the their disadvantages and applying the antidotes we can decrease the influence…
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Three types of emotion and their influence
The threat system, the drive system and the safeness system from the psychological and Buddhist…
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How attachment prevents having good relationships
It's hard to see attachment as a problem in relationships. If we can look at…
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Chapter 3: Verses 214-230
Creating the two collections—merit and wisdom—by abandoning the three poisons and practicing the three roots…
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Kenneth Mondal I’m not an angry person, or am I?
Even when we think we have escaped the three poisons of anger, attachment, and ignorance,…
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Albert Ramos