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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Chapter 1: Verse 1
Explanation: there's no irreparable gap between who we are and the goal of Buddhahood. The…
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Retreatants discuss what they can't let go of in their lives, and come to realize…
View PostPeeling away the view of permanence
Even though we die and are reborn so often, we think the experiences of this…
View PostRenunciation and bodhicitta
We can end our grasping at the illusory happiness of our lives and learn to…
View PostAdvantages of renunciation
Explains the opening verses, and explains the importance and advantages of renunciation. Clarifies what renunciation…
View PostRecovering after Hurricane Wilma
Advice to a Buddhist group on developing renunciation and bodhicitta in the aftermath of Hurricane…
View PostMonastic practices
A discussion among Western and Asian monastics highlights some of the practices in their particular…
View PostLosing a dear one who was young
A letter from a student questioning the reason for the loss of her younger sister.
View PostIn the wake of Hurricane Katrina
Advice to two Dharma students on extending compassion to those directly suffering and those distressed…
View PostThe sense of “I” is the source of all pr...
An ordained life: a lamrim meditation on our daily life.
View PostPrecious human life
Having a precious human life, how the three poisonous attitudes affect us, importance of spiritual…
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