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 Dispositions, motivations, and practices
An overview of the motivations and practices that comprise the three levels of the path.
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Verse 107: The legs and eyes of the path
How the practices on the method and wisdom sides of the path correspond to the…
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Optimism and renunciation
Response to a query from a SAFE student on how to have an optimistic mind…
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Q & A regarding ordination
A monastic aspirant is given advice on examining oneself for hidden negative motivations, and a…
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Verse 75: True heroes
How the mind of a spiritual practitioner stays steadfast amidst the glitter of worldly pleasures.
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Working with anger
Examining how the source of our anger is our own mind, and that we have…
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Mindfulness of the body and feelings
Different ways of meditation on the four establishments of mindfulness, focusing first on the body…
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Don’t let success go to your head
Examining how real happiness is found inside, not outside in any form of wealth or…
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The determination to be free
Reflecting on the six unsatisfactory conditions of cyclic existence to generate a genuine determination to…
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Four types of nirvana
Explains different types of nirvana and how they are viewed according to different Buddhist philosophical…
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The dukkha of pervasive conditioning
Discusses what cyclic existence is and how we are deceived when we think we can…
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The dukkha of pain and change
The dukkha of pain and change are unavoidable in cyclic existence, hence we should strive…
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