fortitude
Fortitude is the ability to remain resolute and calm in the face of hardship or suffering. The mind undisturbed by harm has the fortitude of non-retaliation, the fortitude of enduring suffering, and the fortitude to practice the Dharma.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron What suffering does
While people seek happiness, many feel shaped through suffering. Suffering brings us out of ourselves…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Review of Chapter 6: Part 1
A review of Chapter 6 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle Way" focuses on…
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Chapter 6: Verses 98-111
The disadvantages of being attached to praise, and how those who harm us are actually…
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Chapter 6: Verses 66-86
Stopping anger through fortitude that is indifferent to harm, and contemplating the benefits of fortitude.
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Chapter 6: Verses 52-65
Having fortitude when others treat us with contempt and when others disrespect the Dharma or…
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Chapter 6: Verses 39-51
Stopping the causes of anger and how our suffering comes about from our negative karma.
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Chapters 6-7: Verses 150-152
An explanation of emptiness of the mind, emptiness of afflictions, and managing manifest afflictions as…
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Chapter 6: Verses 144-149
The disadvantages of anger and the advantages of practicing fortitude when faced with difficulties.
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Chapter 6: Verses 136-138
An explanation of dependent arising, which serves as both the reason to prove emptiness and…
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Chapter 6: Verses 131-135
What causes desire and anger to arise and how the different tenet systems differ in…
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