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Four Truths for the Aryas

Attributes of true origins: Conditions

How craving and karma function as conditions that create suffering in cyclic existence as well.

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Four Truths for the Aryas

Attributes of true origins: Strong producers

The importance of keeping in mind how our suffering is caused by our ignorance, afflictions,…

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Four Truths for the Aryas

Attributes of true origins: Origin

Why the origins of cyclic existence are numerous, not singular, and how this helps us…

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Four Truths for the Aryas

Attributes of true dukkha: Selfless

A teaching on the non-existence of the self-sufficient substantially existent person.

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Four Truths for the Aryas

Attributes of true dukkha: Empty

How to identify our wrong views about a permanent, unitary, and independent person.

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Four Truths for the Aryas

Attributes of true dukkha: Dukkha

How to meditate on the unsatisfactory conditions that characterize our existence in samsara.

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Ethics in the Modern World

Developing our inner moral compass

The value of turning inwards and calming the mind before engaging in social action.

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