attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Incarcerated people 
Venerable Thubten Chodron Self-centeredness and being spiritually stuck
How to overcome our own worst enemy and progress spiritually.
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Keeping the mind on spiritual practice
Guarding the sense doors and living in perfect morality with introspective alertness.
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Sexuality and celibacy
The precept of celibacy and the repercussions of unwise sexual behavior.
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The development of the Mahayana tradition
How the various traditions build upon each other. The different ways of seeing the spiritual…
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Living in monastic community
Respecting others' spiritual practice and spiritual yearning. Trusting the wisdom of the group.
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Tenzin Chogkyi 
The Buddha’s life
Apply the lessons we learn from the Buddha's life. How he lived is a teaching…
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How things exist
How understanding things exist dependently provides us freedom to act without afflictions and cultivate compassion.
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108 Verses: Verse 9
Generating compassion by seeing things as not inherently existing and changing how we act with…
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Living an authentic life
Overcoming afflictions enables us to stop living under their control, and to gain clarity and…
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