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The pagoda project: An update
An update on the meditation pagoda constructed by the Buddhist study group at a corrections center in Washington State.
New! “The Compassionate Kitchen”
How eating and activities related to it—preparing food, offering and consuming it, and cleaning up—can wake us up and increase our kindness and care for others.
Getting started
A quick guide to getting started with using ThubtenChodron.org.
Aging gracefully and with gratitude
Bob shares some of the practices (Dharma and other) that have benefited him throughout his life.
Karma and the three lower realms
The existence of the lower realms.
The gateway to the Buddhadharma
What it means to take refuge in Buddhism.
Cherish spiritual teachers
The meaning of cherishing spiritual teachers.
Giving up bad friends
The meaning of associating with bad friends.
Vehicles and paths
Covering the section “Vehicles and Paths” in Chapter 4 on the different paths to awakening followed in the Pali and Sanskrit Buddhist traditions.
Believing in something that is not real
Covering the last section in Chapter 12 “Believing in Something That Is Not Real” and beginning Chapter 13 “Valid Cognition.”
Let go of the eight worldly concerns
How the eight worldly concerns distract us from practicing.
Avoiding disturbing distractions
What cultivating seclusion towards disturbing distractions really means.
Spread of Buddhadharma
Beginning Chapter 4 “The Spread of the Buddhadharma and Buddhist Canons.”