attachment

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

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

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How to cultivate non-attachment yet not adopt aversion or repression.

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

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The subtleties of mental factors and their relation to karma.

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

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

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

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Review of how to build the mandala, when and why the mandala is offered, and…

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How to build a mandala and the purpose of doing so.

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The importance of understanding the reasons why we do preliminary practices to purify negativities and…

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Examining the various objects of calm abiding meditation taught by the Buddha.

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Commentary on the first four of the eighteen root bodhisattva vows.

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