Dec 4, 2021

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Working with Emotions

Developing inner peace through focus

Reduce negative thoughts and become more calm and attentive by focusing on the breath.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The root of samsara

Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, explaining how different tenet systems describe what is the root…

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Antidotes to Afflictions

Meditation on antidotes to anger

A guided meditation on identifying the disturbing effects of anger and applying antidotes to decrease…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Attachment and anger

Commenting on Verses 66-74 of Chapter 6, discussing the relationship between attachment and anger and…

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Wisdom

Analyzing the basis of self

Characteristics of belief in a self-sufficient substantially existent self and meditations on selflessness and emptiness.

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Working with Emotions

Developing inner peace through transforming perspect...

How to cultivate a positive perspective and a brief practice based on building resilience.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

First-link ignorance

Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, explaining the specific scope of the first-link, ignorance and the…

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Workplace Wisdom

Creating vision as a leader: a Buddhist perspective

How a leader can create an vision for an organization that that helps everyone work…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Counteracting anger

Covering Verses 62-66, leading a discussion on working with the self-centered thought and describing more…

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Wisdom

Types of selflessness

A teaching on the types of selflessness and the three levels of selflessness of persons.

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Working with Emotions

Developing inner peace through mindfulness

Peace starts with ourselves. With peace in our own mind, we can emanate peace to…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Applying karma to our lives

Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, applying karma to the recent trial and describing the Rice…

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