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Renunciation and bodhicitta
We can end our grasping at the illusory happiness of our lives and learn to…
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Physical prison versus samsaric prison
Watching the mind's reaction to food. Looking at attachment, seeing where it leads us. Examining…
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Create karma, accumulate merit, apply antidote
Working on concepts of karma, emptiness, attachment in the retreat. An analytical meditation of what…
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Personal demons
It´s not easy to replace old thoughts about oneself and to accept full responsibility for…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 38-42
A look at the karmic causes of difficulties in our practice or difficulties overcoming the…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Introduction
An introduction to the lojong teachings and a brief overview of the Buddhist worldview as…
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Beliefs turned on their head
An incarcerated person finds that his attachment to the traditional cultural beliefs he grew up…
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The disadvantages of self-centeredness
The self-centered mind is one of the chief obstacles to our attaining liberation and enlightenment.
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The great resolve and bodhicitta
The decision we make in our Dharma practice to benefit all sentient beings is a…
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General characteristics of karma
Karma is definite, expandable, doesn't get lost, and results from the causes that we have…
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Imagining your death
The Buddhist practice of meditation on our own deaths can free our minds from the…
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Nine-point death meditation
By reflecting carefully and thoroughly on death and impermanence, we reach the conclusion that we…
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