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Venerable Thubten Chodron The root afflictions: Arrogance
Teaching from Chapter 3, explaining different types of arrogance.
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How to act when afflictions arise
Covers Verses 46-54 of Chapter 5 discussing skilful ways to act when afflictions arise
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The value of monastic life and communities in the 21...
In modern Western society, monastics support their communities in part by acting as the conscience…
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Living a happy life: Covid or not
How we can use the pandemic experience in a positive way, to change, develop talents,…
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The root afflictions: Anger
Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, explaining four types of clinging, what is anger and how…
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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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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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Caring for our only home
It is important to care for the environment we live in, not only for our…
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