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2. Play AudioThe Challenge of Faith
    … But what about our conviction? Hearing the possibility that there is a deathless happiness, a happiness that you don’t have to create, a happiness that you don’t have to protect once you’ve found it, because it is just there, it’s totally beyond the touch of any conditions: Acting on that possibility requires conviction. One, conviction that it is a possibility … 
3. Play AudioThe Strength of Heedfulness
    … His conviction was that there must be a way to act that could lead to an end of suffering. So, when we think about his awakening and develop conviction in it, part of that conviction has to include that we have to be heedful too. So what does it mean to have conviction in the Buddha’s awakening, and how do you use that … 
4. Play AudioStrong Against Anger & Fear
    … What are you going to do?” “What else can I do but focus on the practice of the Dhamma?” This is our refuge—it’s called the strength of conviction—realizing that the most important thing you can focus on is being skillful in your thoughts, skillful in your words, skillful in your deeds. You maintain that conviction, and you see that it’s … 
5. Play AudioCulture Shock
    … That was the path they took.” So conviction plays an important role in the path. The Buddha cites it as the first strength of mind that leads to Awakening: conviction in the Buddha’s Awakening, conviction in the principle of kamma. The Buddha was a human being; he did it through his own actions. You’re a human being; you can do it through … 
6. Play AudioDelight in Conviction
    … One of those strengths is conviction in the Buddha’s awakening—not just that it was a good event for him, but also that it has meaning for us. What he learned about the principles of karma, in particular, has a lot of implications for us in our search for happiness. As he saw, people would fare through the world up and down, based … 
7. Play AudioStick with It
    … This is where the conviction comes in. Conviction can be based on lots of things, such as the fact that it makes sense, seems reasonable, that it puts it within your power to put an end to suffering, whereas so many other teachings say you have to depend on something else or somebody else. You can have lots of reasons for your conviction. That … 
8. Play AudioReady to Evacuate
    … The four qualities that go with discernment, that support it, are conviction, persistence, mindfulness, and concentration. Conviction here is the conviction that your actions really do matter and that you do have the ability to take this principle of action, which explains why we suffer, and you can learn how to master it so that you don’t have to suffer. Even though you … 
9. Play AudioThe Economy of Goodness
    … The list starts with conviction. Formally, that’s the conviction in the Buddha’s awakening, that he really did awaken to the truth. The important part of that, especially as it relates to us, is that your actions really do shape your life. Actions based on skillful intentions lead to happiness. Those based on unskillful intentions lead to unhappiness. Now, that kind of conviction … 
10. Play AudioBelieving & Knowing
     … Their actions are, in turn, determined by their views, and their views are determined by their respect or lack of respect for noble ones, their conviction or lack of conviction in noble ones. He then explored this principle of action further into the mind, into the intentions that are arising and passing away in the present moment, and was able to see things in … 
11. Play AudioFeeding Off the Future
     … They start with conviction: conviction that our actions really do make a difference. We have to hold onto this belief because there are times when we’d like to do some really unskillful things, and the mind is telling us all kinds of unskillful things, and we have to be able to say No, because if we give into that temptation, there’s going … 
12. Play AudioAll for the Sake of Freedom
     … That’s the beginning of conviction—because conviction here means conviction in the Buddha’s awakening. And what does that mean for us? It means that a human being has found a way to put an end to suffering, he taught it to others, and it’s worked for a couple of thousands of years. Maybe it might work for us. So we’re … 
13. Play AudioInterdependence
     … You take other people’s examples of conviction, generosity, virtue, discernment, and you try to emulate them. So, look around you. There are good examples all around you. No one person may be fully developed in all four qualities, but look for people who are more developed than you are: the ones who are • strong in their conviction that their actions will make a … 
14. Play AudioUnlearning Helplessness
     … This conviction is not only a strength, the Buddha also lists it as an internal treasure—a form of wealth. And when he compares the practice to a fortress, where all the different elements of the practice are forms of protection, conviction comes right at the beginning. It’s the foundation post for the fortress. So, think about that, the implications of the fact … 
15. Play AudioTuning Your Lute
     … Why even bother?” Here the proper form is: “Do what you can and maybe you’ll break through the tiredness.” In that case, you need a little *extra *conviction. You need to raise your level of conviction as your persistence or level of energy goes down. The same with mindfulness: You have to be really meticulous. Tell yourself that even though you’re probably … 
16. Play AudioResponsible for Your Actions
     … The first one is conviction. Formally, that’s conviction in the Buddha’s awakening. What does that mean for us? It means we’re convinced that true happiness is possible and that it can be achieved through human effort: in other words, conviction in the principle that your actions will make a difference. If you don’t believe that, then you don’t really … 
17. Play AudioHeedfulness All the Way Through
     … You start with conviction. Formally, this is conviction in the Buddha’s awakening. But what does that mean in practice? One of the main things it means is that we have conviction in the power of our actions. After all, the Buddha himself gained awakening through his actions. The *how *of the awakening came about from his actions. And part of the what, what … 
18. Play AudioBless Yourself
     … There’s conviction—conviction that the Buddha really was awakened, that he taught the Dhamma well, and that there have been people who’ve practiced the Dhamma well and gotten results. That thought gives you energy. Otherwise, you live in a world where no one has found the end of suffering, one in which the Buddha had just a few interesting ideas that might … 
19. Play AudioWhen Aging Closes In
     … There’s the strength of conviction, that the training of the mind really is important. This after all was how the Buddha found his awakening. Traditionally they talk about conviction being conviction in just that: the fact that the Buddha really was awakened. But the implications turn around and focus on you. The Buddha was a human being; he was able to do this … 
20. Play AudioA Trustworthy Mind
     … Conviction here means conviction in the Buddha’s awakening, which in our lives translates into conviction in the importance of our actions, believing that human action can lead to a true happiness, that your intentions really do shape what you do. You’re not acting under the force of the stars or outside fate. You do have free choice—if you take advantage of … 
21. Play AudioPrerequisites for the Practice
     … Because after all, if the admirable friend really does have conviction in the power of the action, he or she would not want to do anything harmful—especially because conviction in the power of action is also conviction in the principle of rebirth: that our actions have consequences that don’t end with death, but that can go on to the next life or … 
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