Jan 9, 2016

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Lights from a car accident at night.
Students' Insights

Hit head-on? Pray!

A student responds to a potentially serious automobile accident.

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Medical professionals performing surgery.
Living with Impermanence

Practicing when having surgery

A monastic at Sravasti Abbey relies on her Dharma practice when facing surgery.

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Gomchen Lamrim

Gomchen Lamrim review: Refuge in the Three Jewels

A stable refuge comes from understanding the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. By strengthening our refuge…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

“Precious Garland” review: Quiz part 2 q...

Discussion of quiz part 2 questions 19-21 to review verses from Chapter 1. An explanation…

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Mindful Eating

Wisdom you can taste

Practicing mindfulness while we eat helps us to live in the present moment, but our…

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A group of children standing together.
On Cultivating Virtue

Fighting miserliness

Ramesh studies in the Sravasti Abbey Friends Education distance learning program. He shares his thoughts…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Gomchen Lamrim review: Two meditations on death

Using the nine-point death meditation and imagining our own death to help us lead a…

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