attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron 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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Cultivating love and compassion
Questions and answers regarding anger and merit, followed by a talk focused on developing love…
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The judgmental mind
A discussion about our judgmental tendencies and as well as how to deal with the…
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Dealing with criticism
How parents can help their children with anger and how to deal with criticism and…
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The Buddhist view of anger
Anger can be addictive: how to calm the adrenalin rush of anger.
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How to deal with sickness
Until liberation from rebirth, illness is unavoidable. In the meantime, we can use the Dharma…
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Setting the context, motivation and attitude to learn the text. Explaining the Buddhist concept of…
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Dealing with the craving for excitement
Working with the mind that always looks forward to something new and exciting, and looking…
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Remembering to take the medicine
After recognizing that we're the patients and are the ones that are suffering, we can…
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37 Practices: Verses 22-24
Emptiness - how everything exists by being labeled by mind, and the way we choose…
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How are we different from turkeys?
Discussion with retreatants on how we are like turkeys who, through ignorance and attachment, do…
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