wisdom
Teachings on how to cultivate wisdom on many different levels, ranging from the wisdom that understands karma and its effects, the four truths, and how to benefit others, to the wisdom realizing the ultimate nature of reality.
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Types of selflessness
A teaching on the types of selflessness and the three levels of selflessness of persons.
View PostParts of the body
Teaching on the different meditations on mindfulness of the body and introductory explanation on mindfulness…
View PostThe Buddhist path and emptiness
An overview of the Buddhist path and how the delusion of an intrinsic self is…
View PostThe four elements
Teaching on how to meditate on mindfulness of the four elements in the body.
View PostMeditation on the fourth attribute of true duhkha
A meditation looking for a self-supporting, substantially existent I or self.
View PostDependent arising
Completing Chapter 6, covering karma and instinctual behavior and commencing Chapter 7, describing the wheel…
View PostMeditation on the third attribute of true duhkha
Meditation on exploring the possibility of a permanent, unitary, independent self.
View PostIt’s unreasonable to be angry
Giving commentary to Verses 38-42, discussing various reasons for why it's unreasonable to be angry…
View PostFree from desire and discontent
Explanation of the fourth factor necessary to engage in the practice of the four establishments…
View PostMindfulness of breathing
Teaching on mindfulness of the breath, and explanation of the third factor required for the…
View PostGrasping at the four truths for aryas
How those who have not realized emptiness may mistakenly grasp the four truths to be…
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