attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Chapter 4: Verses 339-348
Refuting inherently existent feelings of pleasure and objects of pleasure. Pleasure and happiness exist conventionally…
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Banishing bad habits
The role of mindfulness and introspective awareness in helping us work with our disturbing emotions.
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How the afflictions arise
The antidotes to the six root afflictions, the sequence in which they arise, and the…
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How to age happily
We will take the mental habits we cultivate now into our old age, so it…
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Ignorance, doubt, and afflictive views
Continued explanation of the root afflictions, the cause of our unsatisfactory experiences. Outline of the…
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Mind is the source of our experience
Venerable Thubten Chodron begins the annual program for young adults by explaining the Buddhist theory…
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Attachment, anger, and conceit
The first three of the six root afflictions that disturb the mind and lead to…
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Mary S. - Jun 16, 2016
Mary S. Respecting others
A student reflects on how quickly she is willing to give advice, even when unsolicited.…
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The heart connection between monastics and laypeople
The verses for laypeople who offer food to nourish the sangha, and the sangha which…
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Buddhist precepts regarding food
The Buddhist perspective on fasting and how practitioners keep Buddhist precepts related to food.
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Working with attachment to food
Ways to work with attachment to food with a balanced mind.
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The merit of offering food and drink
A continuing teaching on dedications that we make for all those who have offered us…
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