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Sravasti Abbey Monastics Verse 82: Impulsiveness
On how conscientiousness and forethought contribute to beneficial behavior, whereas impulsiveness only brings about the…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Verse 81: The flying horse
Thinking deeply about whether we truly have a precious human life, and whether we are…
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Verse 80: Dwelling in sublime joy
How having a motivation to be of benefit to others enables us to have a…
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Verse 79: Freeing the mind from attachment
On how attachment to the most trivial things binds our mind to cyclic existence.
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Verse 78: The mind of equanimity
On how we can aspire to cultivate a mind that benefits others impartially, just as…
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Verse 77: Freedom from fear
How those who are foolish fear that which does not need to be feared, and…
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Verse 76: The power of spiritual integrity
How developing our good qualities can help us to vanquish all of the afflictions that…
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Our two-year-old mind
How to work with the self-centered mind that creeps up on us in the middle…
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The four maras
Explaining the four maras that Yamantaka destroys: the afflictions, polluted aggregates, death, and the son…
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The privilege of making offerings
How to think while making offerings and the meaning of making the eight offerings to…
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The middle way
How dependent arising is the meaning of emptiness, and dependent arising and emptiness are also…
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Dependent designation
Deepening the analysis of the selflessness of the person by examining how even the process…
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