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 The poisons of anger, attachment and ignorance
How the three poisons affect our relationships and push us to do many harmful actions.…
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Qualities of qualified disciples
Understanding the three principal qualities of a good disciple.
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Precious human life and how to use it wisely
The importance of making good use of our precious human life and what it means…
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Mahayana establishments of mindfulness
The Mahayana manner of meditating on the four establishments of mindfulness, considering each in terms…
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Buddha nature
The distinction between the awakened buddha nature and the natural buddha nature and the conditions…
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Water bowl offering
The second of three talks about how to set up an altar at home covers…
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Preparing the mind for practice
Exploring the basis upon which we generate refuge and bodhicitta, the first step in the…
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Safety or guns?
Reflections from a Dharma perspective and a call for civic engagement in response to the…
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Venerable Losang Donyo Grieving the Sandy Hook tragedy
A response to a student reeling with emotions after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting,…
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Venerable Thubten Jigme Samsara and dukkha
Looking at the disadvantages of cyclic existence to develop a determination to be free from…
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Three types of dukkha
Learning about the three types of suffering and their causes, and overcoming them.
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Investigating happiness
Looking at different types of happiness and asking what it really is and what it…
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