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  2. Determined to Stay with the Breath
     … The third quality is generosity, relinquishment, learning how to give things up. While you’re sitting here meditating, there are a lot of things you can’t do. Remind yourself that you’re making a trade. A lot of the other things you could be doing right now really don’t amount to much. And here you’re training the mind: the most important … 
  3. A Tradition of Ingenuity
     … How meticulous are you about your precepts? And how about your generosity? Are you truly generous with the things you have? And not just things: Are you generous with your knowledge? Are you generous with your time? Are you generous with your forgiveness? Then there’s learning. How much do you know about the Dhamma? The Buddha said you want to take what’s … 
  4. The Power to Transcend Suffering
     … He gives us the tools—starting with practicing generosity and virtue, as ways of creating a sense of well-being, a sense of esteem in ourselves. These things strengthens the mind in the face of suffering. And then there’s the practice of meditation. This strengthens the mind as well, but it also makes the mind a lot more sensitive, so that we can … 
  5. The Walls of Ignorance
     … a technique and hope that the technique will reveal everything to you. You have to reflect on what the Buddha taught about the principle of action, the principle of its results. Generosity, virtue: All the teachings form a coherent whole. Even the teachings that we tend to regard more as the religious trappings around Buddhism are really integral to the practice. For instance, the … 
  6. Thinking About Rebirth
     … the perfection of generosity. The same with status, the same with praise: If you gain status, if you gain power, can you use that power in a way that actually will leave you with some skillful kamma, with some good mental qualities? Most people don’t. Once they get some power, they want to use it for whatever. They think it’s theirs, and … 
  7. Equanimity
     … It’s like the practice of generosity: You want all beings to be happy, but you only have so many resources in terms of your wealth, your time, your energy. So you have to take that into account and focus your energies on areas where you can be of most help. This is why I said earlier that equanimity is your reality check. It … 
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