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Dharma in Daily Life

A peaceful heart in a complex world

Cultivate peace of mind by overcoming the eight worldly concerns and making beneficial aspirations.

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Love and Self-esteem

Unlocking your potential

How to overcome obstacles and create causes to realize our full human potential.

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Stages of the Path

Guarding one’s bodhicitta

Practices to prevent bodhicitta from degenerating in this life and future lives.

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For Young People

Life worth living

Exploring what it means to live a good life from a Buddhist perspective.

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Stages of the Path

Taking and giving—tonglen

Explanation of exchanging self and others and taking and giving.

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Ten points monastics should reflect on

Explaining ten points that the Buddha recommended for all monastics to reflect on; also, how…

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Stages of the Path

Cherishing others

The benefits of cherishing others, and what it means to exchange oneself and others.

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Maintaining the purity of the Sangha

Describing how to maintain the purity of the Sangha, including some motivating advice from Master…

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