attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Renunciation
We are stuck in cyclic existence. Through the teachings, we see the problems of cyclic…
View PostThe preliminaries
How the Buddhist teachings plant in our minds the seed of the realizations that will…
View PostInterfaith philosophies
Clarifying the various Buddhist views on what the present and future lives mean.
View PostThe Three Principal Aspects of the Path
Verses on the essence of the path to awakening by Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of…
View PostBalancing the spiritual and material
Teaching on finding the middle way between the two extremes of asceticism and indulgence.
View PostThe four noble truths
The truths of suffering and the causes of suffering, and cultivating a proper motivation for…
View PostMind, rebirth, and liberation
What happens to the mindstream continuum after death and the causes and conditions that influence…
View PostCultivating better relationships
Practical ways to improve relationships through good ethical conduct and communication.
View PostSubduing anger
Story of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's interaction with a group of Los Angeles inner…
View PostThe purpose of precepts
A talk to the newly ordained about monastic life, a monastic mind, interacting with the…
View PostGuided meditations on the lamrim
A step-by-step guide to the meditations associated with the lamrim, the gradual path to enlightenment.
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