Oct 31, 2016
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Transforming adversity into joy and courage
By transforming our mental state, we can increase our confidence and courage to face the…
View PostThe 22nd Annual Western Buddhist Monastic Gathering
Venerable Thubten Chodron reports on the 22nd annual monastic gathering, which took place at Land…
View PostHeartwarming love
The fourth step in the seven-point cause and effect instruction for generating bodhicitta. Guided metta…
View PostChapter 5: Verses 413-423
Continued commentary on the 57 faults to be abandoned including the varieties of attachment.
View PostFinding happiness through wisdom
The three types of wisdom and how they empower us to create the causes for…
View PostWhy do things happen?
Understanding how cause and effect operates in our lives helps us to create the causes…
View PostGomchen Lamrim review: The truth of dukkha
A review of the three, eight, and six types of dukkha of beings in cyclic…
View PostPush and pull of emotional life
An Interview with Venerable Thubten Chodron and Travis Newbill from the Science of Meditation free…
View PostChapter 4 review: Verses 365-398
Review of the second half of Chapter 4, on why the Mahayana teachings should be…
View Post“Don’t Believe Everything You Think̶...
The verses of "The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas" describe practices to transform the way we…
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