attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Responding to pleasant feelings
Discusses how to respond to pleasant feelings without attachment but with the wish to give…
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Chapter 8: Verses 195-196
How to meditate on emptiness, and the importance of reflection and meditation on the teachings.
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Life support or not?
Responds to a question about going on life support, which prolongs life by artificial means.
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Chapter 8: Verses 192-194
The different ways the Buddha presented the teachings according to the disposition of the disciples.
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Believing what others believe about us
Responds to a question on how we are conditioned by what others believe about us…
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Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa Cultivating love on Valentine’s Day
Shares thoughts on how to cultivate love for all sentient beings, including our enemies, on…
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Chapter 8: Verses 190-191
Meditating on emptiness of the self, three levels of selflessness of persons, and the four-point…
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Chapter 8: Verses 188-190
A student must be prepared for the teachings on emptiness in order to understand the…
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Working with sexual energy
Responds to the question of how to deal with sexual energy in our spiritual practice.
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How samsara evolves
Shares how, on the basis of our ignorance misapprehending the nature of reality, our mind…
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Chapter 8: Verses 184-187
An explanation of how emptiness does not mean non-existence, and the problems with being attached…
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Chapter 8: Verses 183-184
Misconceptions regarding how cyclic existence comes into existence and the importance of understanding this. Explaining…
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