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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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Review of fear, anger and disillusionment

Venerable Thubten Lamsel reviews pages 48-52, covering the topics of fear, anger and disillusionment.

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Venerable teaching to a group of nuns.
Illumination of the Thought

Homage to great compassion

A commentary on Chandrakirti's text explaining three kinds of compassion, and how compassion is the…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Review of the four truths

Venerable Thubten Chonyi gives a review of the four truths, focusing on the truth of…

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Venerable smiling and teaching in front of large image of His Holiness.
Four Truths for the Aryas

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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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Anger and disillusionment

Covering the sections in Chapter 3 on anger, disillusionment, and the emotions and survival.

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New to Buddhism

Happiness through renunciation

What do we renounce? We renounce the afflictive mental states that cause negative karma.

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Contentment and Happiness

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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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 13: Verses 307-310

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues the teachings on refuting the inherent existence of visual objects.

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Illustration of Siddhartha Gautama meditating.
New to Buddhism

The four messengers

The story of Prince Siddhartha's path from a sheltered existence inside the palace to a…

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Three Principal Aspects of the Path

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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Gomchen Lamrim

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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