analytical meditation
Analytical meditation involves investigating a subject with reflection and reason in order to integrate the meaning of the Dharma and develop virtuous qualities. Posts include instruction and guided meditations.
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Death: The only thing we have to do
Why it's helpful to think about the certainty of our death. A guided meditation that…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Things change
A gentle reflection on impermanence that we can do daily to cushion the shock we…
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Love your neighbor
A meditation on extending a sense of care and affection to people whom we find…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Mind is the source of happiness and suffering
Creating emotional space from situations we find disturbing so as to transform our negative emotions.
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Grateful mind, happy mind
Skillful ways to transform the dissatisfied mind into one that is content and happy.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Forgiving ourselves
Overcoming low self-esteem and self-criticism to realize our full potential.
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Compassion burnout
Identifying the near enemy of compassion--the feeling of burnout that happens when the self-centered thought…
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Purification: The four opponent powers
A psychological tool for self-forgiveness and making amends for our negative actions of body, speech,…
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Why do we lie?
Reflecting on the actions and mental states that drive us to distort the truth, and…
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Beyond blame
How to move beyond blaming others and ourselves, and how an understanding of causal dependence…
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What is karma?
A meditation for the Daily Dharma Gathering on the four general characteristics of karma.
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Meditation on forgiveness
A third and final meditation for the Daily Dharma Gathering on how to cultivate internal…
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