attachment

Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.

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The Heart Sutra in Chinese carved on marble blocks in a garden in Korea.
Wisdom

Path of accumulation and preparation

What is emptiness? Examining what emptiness means and what is meant when we grasp at…

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A nun stands by a lake with open meadow and trees.
Mind and Mental Factors

Complacency, agitation

Teachings on the afflictions derived from attachment and antidotes to them.

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A nun stands by a lake with open meadow and trees.
Mind and Mental Factors

Reflections on mind training

Sharing personal experiences to highlight the importance of watching our mind.

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A nun stands by a lake with open meadow and trees.
Mind and Mental Factors

Attachment

How the afflictions such as attachment are concepts created by our mind.

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A nun stands by a lake with open meadow and trees.
Mind and Mental Factors

Non-attachment

Cultivating non-attachment in order to relate to the world in a balanced way.

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A nun stands by a lake with open meadow and trees.
Mind and Mental Factors

Feelings

The importance of paying more attention to the sensations of an experience than the feelings…

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Buddha in bright radiating light.
LR10 Noble Eightfold Path

Right concentration and effort

Examining the eightfold noble path through right concentration and right effort.

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Mandala offering hand mudra.
Mandala Offering

Mandala and the far-reaching attitudes

Discussion about mandala offerings and demonstration of how to offer the mandala.

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