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The nature of all phenomena is emptiness
How phenomena actually exist and the importance of understanding emptiness.
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Generating the awakening mind
The importance of generating the awakening mind and how one cultivates this precious jewel.
View PostRefuting a permanent self
A refutation of partless atoms, permanent objects, and other wrong views.
View PostRefuting the Cittamatra view
Explaining how all phenomena, including mind, are dependent on other factors.
View PostAttachment controls us
An introduction to and overview of "A Commentary on the Awakening Mind."
View PostCultivating the wasteland
When the West meets the Buddha At this year’s Triple Platform Ordination at Taiping Foen…
View PostWhat is Happiness? (Part 1)
Happiness is a result of acting in an ethical way and living with compassion.
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As our scientific knowledge advances, it's important to keep ethical conduct as our focus.
View PostWhat is Happiness? (Part 3)
Happiness comes from our perspective, not from external sense objects or people.
View PostSeven-limb Prayer
Purifying and creating positive potential prepare our minds to grow in wisdom and understanding.
View PostEstablishing the sangha in the West
Transcript of a meeting with monastics on establishing a monastic community in the West.
View PostMonastic Mind Motivation commentary
The importance of reconfiguring our usual mindset to align with our precepts and values.
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