attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Non-attachment and non-hatred
How to cultivate non-attachment yet not adopt aversion or repression.
View PostNon-attachment
Cultivating non-attachment in order to relate to the world in a balanced way.
View PostDiscrimination, intention and contact
The subtleties of mental factors and their relation to karma.
View PostRight concentration and effort
Examining the eightfold noble path through right concentration and right effort.
View PostMandala and the far-reaching attitudes
Discussion about mandala offerings and demonstration of how to offer the mandala.
View PostWhen and why the mandala is offered
Review of how to build the mandala, when and why the mandala is offered, and…
View PostThe purpose of mandala offerings
The importance of understanding the reasons why we do preliminary practices to purify negativities and…
View PostObjects of meditation
Examining the various objects of calm abiding meditation taught by the Buddha.
View PostRoot bodhisattva vows: Vows 1 to 4
Commentary on the first four of the eighteen root bodhisattva vows.
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