rebirth
Posts related to rebirth, or how sentient beings go from one birth to another through the force of their karma. Sentient beings take rebirth after rebirth until attaining liberation from cyclic existence.
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Developing equanimity
How to meditate on equanimity as the prelude to developing loving kindness and compassion.
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Teaching from Chapter 7, explaining name and form in Pali tradition and describing the fifth…
View PostName and form
Teaching from Chapter 7, covering the third link according to the Pali tradition and explaining…
View PostConsciousness
Teaching from Chapter 7, explaining the third link of the twelve links of dependent origination,…
View PostFormative action
Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, explaining formative action, the second of the twelve links of…
View PostFetters and pollutants
Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, covering the fetters and pollutants as described in the Pali…
View PostMedicine Buddha retreat: Questions and answers
Responses to questions on the Medicine Buddha practice and Dharma practice topics, including rebirth, mantras,…
View PostPreparing for death
Various spiritual practices to help us prepare for our own and others' death.
View PostRebirth and the uncertainty of the time of death
Evidence supporting rebirth, and instruction on the second root of the nine-point death meditation—that the…
View PostKinds of duhkha
Continuing the teachings from Chapter 2, explaining eight unsatisfactory conditions and describing characteristics of true…
View PostTypes of duhkha
Continuing Chapter 2, covering the sections “Three Types of Duhkha”, “Feelings, Afflictions and Duhkha”, and…
View PostRealms of existence
Continuing Chapter 2, describing different realms where beings are reborn, causes for the rebirth and…
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