Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature (2021–present)

Ongoing teachings on volume three of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion co-authored with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, on our present situation and our highest potential. Tune in live on Fridays at 6 pm Pacific Time here.

Clusters of afflictions

Teaching from Chapter 3, continuing with the auxiliary afflictions, describing those derived from ignorance and multiple root afflictions.

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Fetters and pollutants

Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, covering the fetters and pollutants as described in the Pali Tradition.

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Eighty-four thousand afflictions

Completing Chapter 3, covering five hindrances and beginning Chapter 4, describing how fear, anxiety and depression arise due to afflictions.

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The order in which afflictions arise

Continuing teaching from Chapter 4, describing the order in which afflictions arise according to different tenet systems and factors that cause them to arise.

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Factors causing afflictions to arise

Continuing teaching from Chapter 4, describing how six principal factors that cause afflictions to arise get us into trouble.

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Feelings and the ethical dimension of afflictions

Continuing the teachings from Chapter 4, explaining the relationship between three types of feelings and afflictions and ethical dimension of afflictions.

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Counterforces to the afflictions

Teaching from Chapter 4, describing various counterforces to the afflictions, such as anger, attachment, jealousy, and anxiety.

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Afflictions, our real enemy

Finishing teaching from Chapter 4, describing how to see afflictions as our real enemy and being courageous to challenge and overcome them.

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Afflictions and karma, their seeds and latencies

Starting Chapter 5, describing the different classifications of afflictions and covering seeds and latencies of afflictions.

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More on seeds and latencies

Continuing teaching from Chapter 5, covering seeds and latencies of afflictions and seeds and latencies of karma.

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Having-ceased

Continuing teaching from Chapter 5, explaining having-ceased and karmic seed and comparing the notions of original sin and the unconscious to latencies

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