Jun 15, 2015

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Buddha statue in front of trees in the autumn turning yellow and orange.
37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

37 Practices: Verses 17-19

When things are going really well or when there are difficult problems, the bodhisattva practices…

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Buddha statue in front of trees in the autumn turning yellow and orange.
37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

37 Practices: Verses 11-16

The bodhisattva practices describe practical ways to use adverse circumstances for Dharma practice and to…

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Karuna the cat sits on a meditation cushion.
Cultivating Compassion

Our capacity for kindness

Cultivating compassion for specific groups of people and how this inner work transforms our everyday…

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Buddha statue in front of trees in the autumn turning yellow and orange.
37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

37 Practices: Verses 9-10

How to expand our motivation beyond attaining a good rebirth to liberation and awakening to…

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Karuna the cat sits on a meditation cushion.
Cultivating Compassion

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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Buddha statue in front of trees in the autumn turning yellow and orange.
37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

37 Practices: Verses 4-8

Looking at "bad" friends who take us away from the Dharma and cherishing the spiritual…

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Karuna the cat sits on a meditation cushion.
Cultivating Compassion

Developing compassion

Definition of compassion and the conditions we already have in place to cultivate it.

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Buddha statue in front of trees in the autumn turning yellow and orange.
37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

37 Practices: Verses 1-3

When we realize the value of a precious human life we will feel like a…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Abandoning the 10 nonvirtues, part 1

Review of the first five of the ten non-virtuous pathways: killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying,…

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Venerable Chodron and Venerable Samten sitting with a group of inmates in the Medan prison chapel.
By Prison Volunteers

Connecting with incarcerated women in Indonesia

Reflections on a visit together with Venerable Thubten Chodron to a women's prison in Indonesia.

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