Green Tara Winter Retreat (2009-10) Archives - Page 3 of 6

Questioning our perceptions

An explanation of how emptiness and dependent arising do not contradict each other.

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Making decisions

Are chocolate brownies inherently delicious? An analysis of the grasping nature of our minds.

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Working on our attachments

We don't need to keep trying new things in order to see how attachment works. We can learn from other people's past experiences, and from…

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Thinking about emptiness

The wisdom realizing emptiness has the ability to cut the root of suffering once and for all, liberating us from samsara.

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Attachment to reputation

Attachment to reputation and anger at criticism go hand in hand. In meditation we need to familiarize ourselves with the antidotes to attachment and anger.

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Praise and criticism

If criticism is valid, why get angry? We can simply admit our mistakes and do better. If criticism is not valid, it's equally pointless to…

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Reasonable self-evaluation

We can learn to evaluate ourselves by examining our motivations and actions so that we no longer rely on others to tell us how (or…

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Dealing with difficult people

We can change our way of relating to people we find difficult by considering that they are suffering sentient beings, just like we are.

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Clairvoyant powers

Clairvoyant powers are not the purpose of the path. Why the Buddha limited the display of such powers.

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Fear and wisdom fear

Fear often comes from attachment. There is a difference between panicked, afflicted fear and a sense of caution, or wisdom fear.

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Facing fears

When we're injured or ill we can fall into thinking the problem is permanent, thus producing a lot of anxiety and fear.

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Conditioned fear

Some of our fears are conditioned by society, but we can look at the role of karma in our lives and consider how to work…

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