attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Chapter 1: Verses 17-25
Geshe Thabkhe concludes teaching on Chapter 1 on loosening our attachment to our loved ones…
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Chapter 1: Verses 9-16
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe responds to questions and continues giving commentary on Verses 9 to 16,…
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Acting with kindness
How to respond with kindness to others and make decisions based on long-term benefits.
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Understanding the true nature of mind
Discovering the true nature of mind, and how to overcome afflictions.
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Chapters 3-4: Verses 73-77
How our attempts to beautify the body fail to make it an appropriate object of…
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Chapter 3: Verses 64-72
Examining the foulness of the body and why there is resistance to thinking of the…
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Chapter 3: Abandoning belief in cleanliness
Recognizing the difficulties created by sensual desire and seeing the body for what it is…
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Chapters 2-3: Verses 45-52
How what is seen as pleasurable in samsara is actually a small discomfort replacing a…
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Chapter 2: Abandoning belief in pleasure
The unsatisfactory nature of the pleasures of cyclic existence and how they cannot bring real,…
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Dependent arising and realism
Teaching the method side of the path, reflecting on how we are completely dependent on…
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Why understanding the truth is needed
As long as we have the seeds of anger in our mind, we will find…
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