Thubten Chodron
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Disadvantages of the afflictions
How our afflictions cause conflict, ruin our ethical behavior, and create negative karma.
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How we pay attention to something affects how we experience it. Considering the many factors…
View Post Causes of the afflictions
How wrong friends, the media, and the force of habit can stir up our afflictions…
View Post The order in which afflictions develop
Examining how the afflictions arise in our day-to-day lives so that we can loosen our…
View Post Recognizing our afflictions
Continuing the explanation of the secondary afflictions and the importance of recognizing them in daily…
View Post The cause of unsatisfactory experience
Completion of the teaching on wrong views and the first 10 of the 20 secondary…
View Post Ignorance, doubt, and afflicted views
The different ways in which ignorance manifests, how afflicted doubt impedes spiritual progress, and the…
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Pride and ignorance
The seven types of pride and their antidotes, and the three types of ignorance.
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The Mind and Life IV conference: Sleeping, dreaming,...
Why are we dreaming? When does death occur? It is possible to transform sleep time…
View Post Attachment and anger
Introduction to the six root afflictions and an in-depth look at the first two—attachment and…
View Post Unsatisfactoriness of god realms
Understanding why the god realms are unsatisfactory helps us understand that rebirth in any realm…
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