attachment
Teachings on the mental affliction of attachment, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Reflections on mind training
Sharing personal experiences to highlight the importance of watching our mind.
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Non-attachment and non-hatred
How to cultivate non-attachment yet not adopt aversion or repression.
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Non-attachment
Cultivating non-attachment in order to relate to the world in a balanced way.
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Discrimination, intention and contact
The subtleties of mental factors and their relation to karma.
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Right concentration and effort
Examining the eightfold noble path through right concentration and right effort.
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Mandala and the far-reaching attitudes
Discussion about mandala offerings and demonstration of how to offer the mandala.
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When and why the mandala is offered
Review of how to build the mandala, when and why the mandala is offered, and…
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The purpose of mandala offerings
The importance of understanding the reasons why we do preliminary practices to purify negativities and…
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Objects of meditation
Examining the various objects of calm abiding meditation taught by the Buddha.
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