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Obstacles
“Obstacles” found in 63 documents
Achieving Shamatha
[For background, see: Shamatha and Vipashyana: General Presentation. See also: Concentration Terminology] Objects of Shamatha Shamatha (zhi-gnas, calm abiding) is a stilled and settled state of mind that has the accompanying mental factor (sems-byung, subsidiary awareness) of...
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Shamatha
Addiction to Social Networks and Text Messaging
Review We’ve looked at what we’re dealing with in attitude training or mind training, which is our experience of everyday life. We live our lives, and experience each moment ourselves. Even if we broadcast everything that we do on Facebook and Twitter, still, we’re the only...
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Mind Training in Daily Life: Nothing Special
Avoiding Causes for Mentally Wandering from Bodhichitta
Verses 2 and 3 Review Prostration and Buddha-Nature We have been discussing the first verse of Bodhisattva’s Garland of Gems, which has to do with how to meditate in general and, more specifically, how to meditate on bodhichitta. The topic was introduced by the prostration or...
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Commentary on “A Bodhisattva’s Garland of Gems” – Dr. Berzin
Avoiding Difficulties in Meditation and Retreat
Buddha taught in terms of the four noble truths: problems, their causes, the state of their total elimination, and pathways of mind that lead to that elimination. Therefore, to deal with difficult experiences that arise in meditation and in retreat and to eliminate them, we...
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Shamatha
Balanced Sensitivity for the Age of Social Media
Methods for developing balanced sensitivity, a state of mind that is non-judgmental, caring and emotionally balanced.
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Handling the Challenges of Life
Being Humble
Brief Review We started our discussion of the Eight Verses of Mind Training by Langri Tangpa, with the first verse: (1) May I always cherish all limited beings by considering how far superior they are to wish-granting gems for actualizing the supreme aim. We discussed how...
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Commentary on “Eight Verses of Mind Training” – Dr. Berzin
Blocks in Opening Oneself to a Spiritual Teacher
Paranoia and Vulnerability One of the most important aspects of healthy disciple-mentor relationships is for disciples to receive inspiration from their mentors. This can only occur if they are open to their mentors' uplifting positive influence. Some disciples, however, are...
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Unhealthy Relationships with Spiritual Teachers
Bringing About a Happy State of Mind
Verses 11 through 14 Verse 11: Living Happily without Unease or Attachments How to Act When We Meet People Even When We Are Living in Seclusion Let me rid myself of hostility and uneasy mental states, and go happily everywhere. Here, Atisha is continuing the discussion...
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Commentary on “A Bodhisattva’s Garland of Gems” – Dr. Berzin
Buddhist Ethics in Social Service
The role of ethics on the path of social service is a very important topic if we wish to engage in various types of professions for helping others. Whether it is in actual social services or in education or in healthcare, ethics is a very important aspect of it. Obviously,...
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Emotional Hygiene
Cognitive Obscurations of Arhats: Gelug Prasangika
Introduction Limited beings (sems-can, sentient beings) are all unenlightened beings – those with physical, verbal, and mental limitations in comparison to Buddhas. Buddhas are not limited beings; they are not “sentient beings.” Limited beings can be divided into mundane...
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The Five Paths
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