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Detox Your Mind: 5 Practices to Purify the 3 Poisons

by Melvin Escobar, Melvin McLeod, Narayan Helen Liebenson, Sister True Dedication, Koun Franz and Judy Lief| April 5, 2021

Detox Your Mind: 5 Practices to Purify the 3 Poisons

Five Buddhist teachers share practices to clear away the poisons that cause suffering and obscure your natural enlightenment.

What Are the Three Poisons?

by Lion's Roar Staff| October 22, 2019

What Are the Three Poisons?

The three poisons are the energy of ego’s three basic attitudes—for me, against me, and don’t care.

When the late Stephen Hawking warned that one of Buddhism’s “Three Poisons” threatened us all

by Rod Meade Sperry| March 14, 2018

When the late Stephen Hawking warned that one of Buddhism’s “Three Poisons” threatened us all

The brilliant physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, inspiration and author of so many important works, died today at 76.

Compassion Has No Enemy

by Guo Gu| February 23, 2018

Compassion Has No Enemy

In the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, Buddhist teacher Guo Gu explored human violence through the lens of the three poisons.

A Buddhist psychoanalyst puts our divided country on the couch

by Robert Langan| July 15, 2016

A Buddhist psychoanalyst puts our divided country on the couch

Psychoanalyst Robert Langan traces the current climate of demonization to the three poisons: greed, aversion, and the ignorance of self-righteous certainty.

Stephen Hawking: One of Buddhism’s Three Poisons threatens us all

by Rod Meade Sperry| February 24, 2015

Stephen Hawking: One of Buddhism’s Three Poisons threatens us all
Stephen Hawking Aggression Anger Buddhism Three Poisons Lion's RoarStephen Hawking. Photo by Chris Boland.

Physicist Stephen Hawking has identified humanity’s aggression as one of the greatest threats to humanity itself.

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