attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Incarcerated people Ignorance of the ego
A person in prison reflects on the effects of understanding the Buddha's teachings.
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Prison poetry I
Poems written by several people associated with the prison Dharma outreach program.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Teaching children by example
Actions speak louder than words. Our children will learn loving-kindness, forgiveness, and patience only though…
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The Sutra of the Three Heaps
The purification practice of prostration to the 35 Buddhas removes emotional burdens and pacifies obstacles…
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Speaking of the faults of others
Belief in the faults of others and ourselves lead to missed opportunities for love.
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Tracy Morgan - Jun 18, 2011
Tracy Morgan Taking the vow of celibacy
A student shares her reasons for taking the vow of celibacy as a lay person.
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Attachment makes the world go ’round
How to work with feelings of attachment and desire as a monastic, not getting down…
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Prison, life, impermanence
A person in prison describes the experience of solitary confinement and how by taking refuge…
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Working with emotions
Practical advice from personal experience on the medicine to apply to an afflicted mind.
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Chandrakirti
- Jun 18, 2011
A lamentation requesting blessings from the Great Co...
A request for blessings to Avalokiteshvara.
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Taking intoxicants
Getting our ethical conduct together as a foundation to progress along the path to find…
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