attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Five hindrances to concentration
A teaching on the five hindrances to concentration according to the Pali canon.
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Disappointment and delight—the eight worldly c...
Confronting the eight worldly concerns will transform our attachments and emotional afflictions into happiness and…
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The determination to be free
Understanding the meaning of renunciation, what we are wishing to be free from, the effects…
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Incarcerated people Letting go of attachments
A chocolate cake, a chuck steak or the love of another person—can they make us…
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Buddha nature and precious human life
Seeing our potential and the conducive circumstances we have to actualize it.
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The four noble truths
A look at the unsatisfactory nature of cyclic existence and how to practice the noble…
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Cynicism, fear of change, responsibility
Questions on cynicism among young people, fear of change, taking responsibility.
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The precepts in modern culture
Keeping precepts in our present-day culture and relating to others in a healthy way.
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The “Ratnapala Sutta”
Buddha's disciple foremost in faith who, with pure motivation, looked with wisdom at cyclic existence…
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Questions for group discussions
How to prepare for monastic ordination. Reflecting on motivation, dealing with difficulties.
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The source of happiness and problems
What is real happiness? We think happiness comes from external situations and objects, but the…
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