Jul 22, 2015

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Essence of a Human Life

Cleaning up our relationships

With the certainty of death in mind, we want to make sure that we die…

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Essence of a Human Life

The certainty of death

Overcoming our denial around death helps us to make our lives more meaningful.

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Responding to Prejudice

White privilege

Responding to a student's request to speak about race in America and how to be…

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Healing Anger

Working with jealousy

Verses from Shantideva's "Engaging in a Bodhisattva's Deeds" on how to counteract jealousy by rejoicing.

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Mindfulness

The mindfulness craze

Clarifying how the classical Buddhist presentation of mindfulness differs from how mindfulness is taught for…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Chapter 1: Verses 27-32

Looking at how grasping at a truly existent I causes problems and binds us to…

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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2015

Making wise choices in life

How our actions have effects on ourselves and others, and how to make wise decisions…

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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2015

Meeting ourselves with compassion

Dr. Russell Kolts shares on his path towards the practice of compassion, and how psychology…

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young man in forest meditating
Prison Dharma

The grief and resilience of a mother

A mother writes about taking refuge in the Dharma after her son's breakdown.

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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2015

The kindness of our enemies

Expanding on our motivation to learn to see our enemies as having been kind to…

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Guided Meditations

Compassion burnout

Identifying the near enemy of compassion--the feeling of burnout that happens when the self-centered thought…

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