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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The root afflictions: Anger

Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, explaining four types of clinging, what is anger and how…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

The eight worldly concerns

An outline of the eight worldly concerns, what happens at death and the three unfortunate…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Awareness of our body and speech

Covering Verses 5.34-45, discussing how we can use mindfulness and introspection to assess how we…

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Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying Retreats

Preparing for death

Various spiritual practices to help us prepare for our own and others' death.

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Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying Retreats

Dealing with grief

The mindfulness of death practice and how to deal with grief over losing loved ones.

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Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying Retreats

Rebirth and the uncertainty of the time of death

Evidence supporting rebirth, and instruction on the second root of the nine-point death meditation—that the…

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Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying Retreats

Facing fear of death

How to face the fear of death and practical methods to decrease fear and anxiety.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The root afflictions: Attachment

How the afflictions cause problems and the importance of combating them. What attachment is and…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Recollecting the Buddha

Covering Verses 31-35 of Chapter 5, discussing how mindfulness and introspection arise, and how to…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Death and impermanence

An explanation of the samsaric realms and Buddhist cosmology, plus discussion on impermanence and the…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Our human value

How reflecting on duhkha lessens attachment to worldly pleasures and leads to an aspiration for…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Types of duhkha

Continuing Chapter 2, covering the sections “Three Types of Duhkha”, “Feelings, Afflictions and Duhkha”, and…

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