Buddha nature
Teachings on buddha nature, the innate quality of the mind that enables all beings to attain enlightenment.
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Kenneth Mondal Identity theft
Fraudulent tax returns and changing credit scores elicit a meditation on emptiness.
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Prison pagoda of loving kindness
Members of a prison Dharma group make their vision of a stupa a reality.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron A monastic community
How community life is integral to monastic training. The value of monastic community and how…
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Reducing attachment, cultivating confidence
An example of how to meditate to loosen our craving for others' approval. The right…
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Sravasti Abbey Monastics Our capacity for kindness
Cultivating compassion for specific groups of people and how this inner work transforms our everyday…
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Becoming our own best friend
How to cultivate a healthy long-term friendship with ourselves. Learning to recognize the self-centered thought…
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Developing compassion
Definition of compassion and the conditions we already have in place to cultivate it.
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Optimism and renunciation
Response to a query from a SAFE student on how to have an optimistic mind…
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Venerable Thubten Jigme A prison visit on “Buddha Day”
Venerable Thubten Jigme describes her experience celebrating "Buddha Day" with those at Coyote Ridge Correctional…
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Transforming anger
How to change our perspective about suffering to stop anger from arising. Verses 70-79 of…
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Facing harm with fortitude
The inappropriateness of anger in response to others' contempt and harmful actions. Verses 52-69 of…
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Anger and forgiveness
A review of how the angry mind works and how our self-centeredness prevents us from…
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