Disturbing Emotions

The next set of three links concern activation of the karmic tendencies at the time of death. The eighth and ninth links, thirsting and an obtainer attitude, activate the karmic tendencies, while the tenth link, further existence, refers to the activated tendencies themselves....

Verses 17 through 21 Today, we will discussion compassion, great compassion, and bodhichitta. I will try to make it quite short. We have a lot of material and to go through.  Developing Compassion Although we might know something about how to practice, what we lack in daily...

(1) Whatever generosity, offerings to the Blissfully Gone (Buddhas) and the like, and positive deeds I've amassed over a thousand eons – one (moment of) hatred will destroy them all. (2) As no negative force resembles anger, and no trial resembles patience, I shall therefore...

The First of Three Layers of the Impossible “Me” to Be Refuted There are three layers of impossible “me” that we need to refute. We can differentiate more layers, but here we’ll just deal with the main three. Each progressive layer is deeper than the one before it. We project...

Verses 22 through 25 We have been going through the 37 Bodhisattva Practices by the great teacher, Togme Zangpo. We reached verse 22. Verse 22 to 24 talk about the cessation or stopping of suffering, and about deepest truth.  Developing Deepest Bodhichitta, the Realization of...

Verses 32 through 37 Not Speaking of the Faults of Others We’ve been going through Gyalse Togme Zangpo’s 37 Bodhisattva Practices, and we got up to verse 31. Now, we’ll go through the rest of the text. (32) A bodhisattva’s practice is not to speak about the faults of a person...

An overview of the various Indian tenet systems’ view on how we view ourselves as persons in relation to the samsara-perpetuating five aggregates.

Attachment to someone is based on unrealistic projections; but with a more objective view, we can learn to relate to the person in a more loving and considerate way.

The entire scope of mind training to transform negative attitudes into positive ones is summarized in eight verses.

Jealousy is one of the disturbing emotions that can cause us to act in ways that are destructive and hurtful to others, as well as being self-destructive.