Jul 22, 2015
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Cleaning up our relationships
With the certainty of death in mind, we want to make sure that we die…
View PostThe certainty of death
Overcoming our denial around death helps us to make our lives more meaningful.
View PostWhite privilege
Responding to a student's request to speak about race in America and how to be…
View PostWorking with jealousy
Verses from Shantideva's "Engaging in a Bodhisattva's Deeds" on how to counteract jealousy by rejoicing.
View PostThe mindfulness craze
Clarifying how the classical Buddhist presentation of mindfulness differs from how mindfulness is taught for…
View PostMeditating on emptiness: The four point analysis, pa...
Using the four point analysis to meditate on the emptiness of persons and phenomena.
View PostChapter 1: Verses 27-32
Looking at how grasping at a truly existent I causes problems and binds us to…
View PostMaking wise choices in life
How our actions have effects on ourselves and others, and how to make wise decisions…
View PostMeeting ourselves with compassion
Dr. Russell Kolts shares on his path towards the practice of compassion, and how psychology…
View PostThe grief and resilience of a mother
A mother writes about taking refuge in the Dharma after her son's breakdown.
View PostThe kindness of our enemies
Expanding on our motivation to learn to see our enemies as having been kind to…
View PostCompassion burnout
Identifying the near enemy of compassion--the feeling of burnout that happens when the self-centered thought…
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