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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Venerable Thubten Chodron Five questions on navigating the Buddhist path
How Buddhist teachings address complex questions about practice and realization.
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Freedom from cyclic existence
How different practitioners progress along the path to liberation.
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Causes and results of feelings
Explaining the causes and results of feelings, teaching from Chapter 12.
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Mindfulness of feelings
Explaining the section on how to meditate on mindfulness of feelings from the Four Establishments…
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Charnel ground contemplation
Explaining the section on the Nine Charnel Ground Contemplations, and beginning the section on Mindfulness…
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Foulness of the body
Explaining the section on mindfulness of the foulness of the body, teaching from Chapter 12.
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Mindfulness of breathing
Concluding an overview of mindfulness of the body and explaining the first meditation object for…
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Shared and specific characteristics
Covering a general description of the four establishments of mindfulness, and also the shared and…
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The four establishments of mindfulness
Beginning Chapter 12 on the four establishments of mindfulness: mindfulness of body, feeling, mind, and…
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Renouncing worldly life
Why renunciation is crucial and how to identify self-grasping and self-centeredness.
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Leaving home: Different doors to renunciation
What modern practitioners can learn about renunciation from Ratthapala and Angulimala.
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