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 Relating to the material world
A teaching on the perils of looking externally for one's sense pleasures. Cultivating genuine spiritual…
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Relying on a spiritual friend
The benefits and importance of relying on a spiritual mentor, and the basic qualities to…
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A heart of compassion
The meaning of compassion and the importance of distinguishing between compassion and self-centered distress.
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Chapter 4: Verses 93-100
Continuing to discuss the inappropriateness of pride for those in power, and comparing arrogance and…
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Chapter 4: Verses 85-92
Examining the reasons why it is inappropriate for those in power to be proud, relating…
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Chapter 2: Verses 36-38
Geshe Thabkhe gives teachings on abandoning the belief in pleasure and refutes that anything that…
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Bad friends and why we don’t need them
Looking at how we are affected by the people we spend our time with, and…
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Chapters 2-3: Verses 45-52
How what is seen as pleasurable in samsara is actually a small discomfort replacing a…
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Looking at death and dealing with loss
How remembering death can make life meaningful, causing us to think about the choices we…
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Chapter 2: Abandoning belief in pleasure
The unsatisfactory nature of the pleasures of cyclic existence and how they cannot bring real,…
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Chapters 1-2: Verses 25-34
How the mistaken view of the body as a source of pleasure leads to dukkha,…
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