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Review of Chapter Six: Verses 36-40
Developing fortitude in the face of harm and hardship using thought transformation verses.
View PostThe four maras
Continuing the review of Chapter 12, "The Mind and Its Potential," describing the four maras.
View PostReview of Chapter Six: Verses 22-34
How anger arises due to causes and conditions, and how to use an understanding of…
View PostAfflictions are weak
Continuing the review of Chapter 12, "Mind and Its Potential", describing how afflictions are not…
View PostHealing from the heart
The restorative justice movement shows it's possible to let go of anger and develop compassion…
View PostLive each day with loving-kindness
Practical tips on how to bring loving-kindness into our daily lives and interpersonal relationships.
View PostFinding your purpose in life
By looking inside, we discover what we can contribute to the world instead of getting…
View PostReview of Chapter Six: Verses 12-21
How we can use suffering and difficult situations to increase our compassion, instead of responding…
View PostPracticing the Dharma in difficult times
How to take the difficulties that are part of life into our spiritual practice to…
View PostThe purity of the mind
Reviewing Chapter 12, "The Mind and Its Potential", describing the nature of the mind and…
View PostEmptiness, its nature, its purpose, and its meaning
What it means to say things are empty but arise dependently. Also explanation of the…
View PostThe importance of realizing the ultimate nature
Why realizing emptiness is essential and the stages we go through to realize emptiness.
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