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 three higher trainings and the eight fold path
The three higher trainings—ethics, concentration and wisdom—are explained with the practices of the eightfold noble…
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Anger and disillusionment
Covering the sections in Chapter 3 on anger, disillusionment, and the emotions and survival.
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Happiness through renunciation
What do we renounce? We renounce the afflictive mental states that cause negative karma.
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Advice for gathering the collections of merit and wi...
An explanation of the actions to abandon and those to engage in order to increase…
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It’s not about the money: “Sutta on the Dung B...
How attachment to worldly concerns like fame, gain, and praise are obstacles to spiritual progress.…
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Chapter 13: Verses 307-310
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues the teachings on refuting the inherent existence of visual objects.
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi The four messengers
The story of Prince Siddhartha's path from a sheltered existence inside the palace to a…
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Building a strong foundation in the Dharma
Understanding the three principal aspects of the path will provide a solid foundation in the…
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Venerable Thubten Damcho Gomchen Lamrim review: The truth of dukkha
A review of the three, eight, and six types of dukkha of beings in cyclic…
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The practice of generosity
Why Buddhist monastics do not work for a living and give the Dharma freely.
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Generating renunciation
Renunciation is one of the milestones to awakening. The measure of having produced the mind…
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Chapter 4: Verses 339-348
Refuting inherently existent feelings of pleasure and objects of pleasure. Pleasure and happiness exist conventionally…
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