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Zopa Herron Conditioned fear
Some of our fears are conditioned by society, but we can look at the role…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Facing fears
When we're injured or ill we can fall into thinking the problem is permanent, thus…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Fear and wisdom fear
Fear often comes from attachment. There is a difference between panicked, afflicted fear and a…
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Clairvoyant powers
Clairvoyant powers are not the purpose of the path. Why the Buddha limited the display…
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Dealing with difficult people
We can change our way of relating to people we find difficult by considering that…
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Reasonable self-evaluation
We can learn to evaluate ourselves by examining our motivations and actions so that we…
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Praise and criticism
If criticism is valid, why get angry? We can simply admit our mistakes and do…
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Attachment to reputation
Attachment to reputation and anger at criticism go hand in hand. In meditation we need…
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Thinking about emptiness
The wisdom realizing emptiness has the ability to cut the root of suffering once and…
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Working on our attachments
We don't need to keep trying new things in order to see how attachment works.…
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Making decisions
Are chocolate brownies inherently delicious? An analysis of the grasping nature of our minds.
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Questioning our perceptions
An explanation of how emptiness and dependent arising do not contradict each other.
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