Sravasti Abbey

Teachings that were presented at Sravasti Abbey.

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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Meditation on the four immeasurables

A guided meditation on the four immeasurables—love, compassion, joy, and equanimity.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The root of samsara

Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, explaining how different tenet systems describe what is the root…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

First-link ignorance

Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, explaining the specific scope of the first-link, ignorance and the…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Applying karma to our lives

Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, applying karma to the recent trial and describing the Rice…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Dependent arising

Completing Chapter 6, covering karma and instinctual behavior and commencing Chapter 7, describing the wheel…

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An Open-Hearted Life

The importance of empathic listening

How listening is different from just hearing, and how we can cultivate the skill of…

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Antidotes to Afflictions

Meditation on perceived threats and needs

A guided analytical meditation on working with perceived threats, and how to change how we…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Karma and our environment

Continuing teaching from Chapter 6, covering the interaction between the mind and external world and…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Mind and the external world

Continuing teaching from Chapter 6, covering the evolution of the universe and the relationship between…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Considering perceived threats and needs

How to assess and work with our feelings and needs in situations where we perceive…

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