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With Each & Every Breath Finding a Teacher
… The second warning sign is that they don’t hold to the principle of karma. They either deny that we have freedom of choice, or else teach that one person can clear away another person’s bad karma from the past. People of this sort are unlikely to put forth the effort to be genuinely skillful, and so are untrustworthy guides. Lack of integrity …
With Each & Every Breath Introduction
… Selves & Not-self; “The Wisdom of the Ego” in Head & Heart Together On the suffering that the mind creates for itself: “Life Isn’t Just Suffering” in The Karma of Questions; “Ignorance” in Head & Heart Together On the questions of discernment: “Questions of Skill” in The Karma of Questions On the four noble truths: “Untangling the Present” in Purity of Heart. For a more …
With Each & Every Breath Advanced Practice
… The mind goes out to nibble on thoughts of lust, to gobble down thoughts of anger, to sip pleasant memories from the past, to chew on past regrets, or to wolf down worries about the future. The basic strategy of concentration is first to see that you don’t have to identify with these different senses of who you are. That’s why we …
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