The Desire for Awakening
While you’ll eventually need to abandon your sense of “I” as you approach the final stages of the path, you won’t arrive there unless you first put that “I” to good use.
Desire
The Path Beyond Desire
How discipline, meditation, and wisdom lead to uncovering our innate purity and true nature.
The Bare Experience of Craving
A teaching on letting go of our perceived objects of desire and the freedom that comes with attuned awareness.
We Can’t Always Get What We Want (And That’s All Right)
Accepting the inevitability of loss is essential to happiness
Are We All Hungry Ghosts?
A Buddhist psychotherapist on transforming self-loathing into wisdom
This Is Your Brain on Scarcity
An interview with author Michael Easter on how understanding why we crave can help us curb unhealthy habits and find deeper satisfaction
TeachingsMagazine | The Five Hindrances
Working with the Five Hindrances: Sensual Desires
Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Leaving the Palace
Buddhism, womanhood, and the problem of the self
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Slip Free of Craving
A brief teaching from a psychologist
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