thought transformation
Teachings on lojong or thought training techniques to train the mind to turn difficult circumstances into opportunities for spiritual growth and awakening.
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Zopa Herron Meeting breast cancer with the Dharma
A student talks about the four teachings that helped her when she had surgery for…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Eight verses of thought transformation: Verses 4-5
Looking into our hearts, seeing that we all want happiness and we do not want…
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Eight verses of thought transformation: Verses 1-3
Seeing others as karmic bubbles in order to loosen our rigid conception of them.
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Contemplating death
The benefit of contemplating our death, the disadvantages of not contemplating our death, and a…
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Relying on a spiritual friend
What it means to rely on a spiritual mentor, considering the benefit a teacher brings…
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How to keep meditation interesting
Discussion on topics such as how afflictions develop, the meaning of clarity and awareness, describing…
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Purpose of thought training
How we can make friends with the buddhas, and how to handle periods of uncertainty.
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Khensur Jampa Tegchok Renunciation and compassion
The mind at death, the nourishing of karma, and how renunciation and compassion are two…
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The self and the aggregates
When the conception of "I" exists there is action, from action there is also birth,…
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Conception of “I”
How all beings arise from the conception of "I" and are enveloped with the conception…
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Abandoning nonvirtue, practicing virtue
Avoiding the ten nonvirtues is the basis for practicing ethical conduct. How taking precepts in…
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