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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Unhappiness fuels anger

Covering Verses 7-10 of Chapter 6, describing the evolution of how anger enters the mind,…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

The path to liberation

How to cease the twelve links, an outline of ethical practices, and the antidotes to…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Compassionate communication

How to bring compassion to our communication and how to look at situations objectively without…

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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Meditation on compassion for our enemies

A guided analytical meditation to cultivate compassion for those we have difficulty with or who…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Counterforces to the afflictions

Teaching from Chapter 4, describing various counterforces to the afflictions, such as anger, attachment, jealousy,…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Working with anger

Teaching on the disadvantages of anger, giving commentary to Verses 1-6 of Chapter 6 "Patience"

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Wisdom

Combining wisdom and compassion

Combining Chandrakirti's sevenfold reasoning with the three types of compassion.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Feelings and the ethical dimension of afflictions

Continuing the teachings from Chapter 4, explaining the relationship between three types of feelings and…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2021

Monasticism in the West

A question and answer session about Buddhist monasticism in the West.

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

The twelve links of dependent arising

The four distortions of mind, answers to questions about happiness and karmic imprints, and the…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2021

Taming the mind

The importance of taming our minds in relation to others we live with.

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