attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Wealth is suffering
How wealth causes suffering and that it is better to strive for the wealth of…
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Building confidence and resilience with joy
Learn to base your confidence on your good motivation instead of what others say and…
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Venerable Thubten Lamsel Isolation of body and mind
A review of verses 1-37 of Chapter 8, with discussion of the meaning and purpose…
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Giving up desire
How the cause of problems and pain is not the objects of attachment themselves, but…
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The disadvantages of samsara
Commentary on Shantideva's verses that point out the disadvantages of samsara, in order to develop…
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Wealth is fraught with problems
Shantideva's verses describe the lengths we go to obtain wealth, sex, and possessions, and the…
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The body is not beautiful
Commentary on verses that help to see the body more objectively in order to counter…
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The foulness of the body
To counter desire for the body, Shantideva gives us verses to pull back the veil…
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Venerable Thubten Dekyi - Sep 6, 2022
Venerable Thubten Dekyi Invasive weeds of the mind
Venerable Dekyi compares working in the Abbey's gardens to cultivating the wisdom and compassion of…
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The skeleton in the body
Commentary to verses 41-47 of Shantideva's Chapter 8. Reflecting on the nature of the body…
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Imagining our death and pacifying distractions
Commentary on verses from Shanitdeva on the benefits of subduing distractions to meditation including attachment…
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Attachment to body, friends, and family
Commentary on verses by Shantideva covering antidotes for attachment to the body, friends, and relatives.
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