renunciation
Renunciation, or the determination to be free, is the attitude aspiring to be free from all suffering and to attain the liberation that is freedom from cyclic existence.
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The reasons for taking refuge
Reviewing the reasons for taking refuge and the Perfection Vehicle’s Buddha Jewel.
View PostThe value of the monastic community
Explaining the value of the monastic community, commencing teaching from Chapter 5.
View PostThe measure of the middle scope attitude
Explanation of the intermediate state and rebirth.
View PostThe Pratimoksha ethical code
Explaining the Pratimoksha ethical code, for lay practitioners and monastics, continuing the teaching from Chapter…
View PostThe importance of ethical conduct
Outlining the various benefits of keeping precepts and describing the eight types of precepts for…
View PostThe five appropriated aggregates are suffering
Examining suffering to develop disenchantment with samsara.
View PostWhy the truth of suffering is taught first
The importance of contemplating the truth of suffering.
View PostOverview of the Buddhist path
The Buddhist path and the types of spiritual happiness we can attain along the way.
View PostThe existence of the Three Jewels
Explaining the reasons for taking refuge, mind's potential and existence of the three jewels, teaching…
View PostEntrance to the Buddhist path
Commencing teaching from Volume 4, "Following in the Buddha's Footsteps", providing an overview of the…
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