Sravasti Abbey
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Awareness of our body and speech
Covering Verses 5.34-45, discussing how we can use mindfulness and introspection to assess how we…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Meditation 101: Meditating on the breath
Instruction on posture and techniques of breathing meditation and bare attention meditation for mindfulness.
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Rebirth and the uncertainty of the time of death
Evidence supporting rebirth, and instruction on the second root of the nine-point death meditation—that the…
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Facing fear of death
How to face the fear of death and practical methods to decrease fear and anxiety.
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The root afflictions: Attachment
How the afflictions cause problems and the importance of combating them. What attachment is and…
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Recollecting the Buddha
Covering Verses 31-35 of Chapter 5, discussing how mindfulness and introspection arise, and how to…
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Our human value
How reflecting on duhkha lessens attachment to worldly pleasures and leads to an aspiration for…
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Kinds of duhkha
Continuing the teachings from Chapter 2, explaining eight unsatisfactory conditions and describing characteristics of true…
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Types of duhkha
Continuing Chapter 2, covering the sections “Three Types of Duhkha”, “Feelings, Afflictions and Duhkha”, and…
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Guarding the mind
Covering Verses 19-30 of Chapter 5, discussing the reasons we must guard our mind and…
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Life after the pandemic: It depends on us
A look at the effects of the pandemic on individuals and society, how people have…
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Realms of existence
Continuing Chapter 2, describing different realms where beings are reborn, causes for the rebirth and…
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