Venerable Jampa reflects on the benefits to be gained by living in a community of monastics.
Tag Archives | ethical conduct
Finding the self
Teaching on the compatibility of dependent arising and emptiness.
Dependent designation
Teaching on how everything depends on thought, and an explanation of the analogy of the rope and the snake that is often used to explain emptiness.
Dependent arising and emptiness
How to see ourselves as an illusion instead of buying into our usual distorted view of reality.
Questioning appearances
Teaching on extending the meditation on emptiness to things we own, and on the union of serenity and insight.
Existence of the “I”
Reviewing the four-point analysis of the emptiness of the self and teaching on coarse and subtle selflessness.
“Good Karma”: Creating the causes for the kind of life we want
Karma and its effects explains the link between actions and experiences. By changing our mental states and actions we have the power to change our experiences.
Disarming the mind
The more we can develop compassion and fortitude, the more resistant we are to anger.
“Precious Garland” review: Quiz 7 questions 8-12
Venerable Thubten Jigme reviews questions on working with attachment especially to intoxicants and the body, and on how to give fearlessness to others.
“Precious Garland” review: Quiz 7 questions 4-7
Venerable Thubten Tarpa leads a review on Quiz 7 questions 4-7, on the qualities we look out for in good friends and strive to cultivate ourselves.