Feb 27, 2021
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Building your inner confidence
How to build confidence by accepting who we are, becoming our own friend, and recognizing…
View PostPurifying destructive karma
Teaching how to purify past destructive karma by practicing the four opponent powers: regret, antidote,…
View PostResolving to overcome our afflictions
Reviewing Verse 33 and continuing through Verse 39 of Chapter 4, teaching on a strong…
View PostSurgery with bodhicitta
Venerable Chodron talks about how she prepared for her recent surgery.
View PostImperceptible forms
Explaining imperceptible form, why different tenet schools describe that differently and describing the combinations of…
View PostThe enemy of the afflictions
Continuing with Verses 28 - 33 of Chapter 4, which point out how the afflictions…
View PostPracticing Dharma with mental illness
Mental illness need not be an obstacle to practicing the Dharma.
View PostIntention karma and intended karma
Teaching on intention karma and intended karma and explaining the views of different tenet systems.
View PostHow the afflictions deceive us
Teaching on the importance of identifying how the afflictions work in our mind and experience…
View PostIn praise of great compassion
Interview for the Wisdom Podcast on "In Praise of Great Compassion," Volume 5 of The…
View PostTransforming adversity into bodhicitta
The difficulties of the pandemic are a special challenge for those who are incarcerated.
View PostDeveloping bodhicitta
A man serving a life sentence transforms feelings of dread into compassion for all beings.
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