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An Open-Hearted Life

The importance of empathic listening

How listening is different from just hearing, and how we can cultivate the skill of…

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Antidotes to Afflictions

Meditation on perceived threats and needs

A guided analytical meditation on working with perceived threats, and how to change how we…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Karma and our environment

Continuing teaching from Chapter 6, covering the interaction between the mind and external world and…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

It’s unreasonable to be angry

Giving commentary to Verses 38-42, discussing various reasons for why it's unreasonable to be angry…

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Guided Meditations

Meditation on the four attributes of true duhkha

Meditation on the four attributes of true duhkha as they apply to the body and…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Mind and the external world

Continuing teaching from Chapter 6, covering the evolution of the universe and the relationship between…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Fortitude for those who cause harm

Discussing the tenets of non-Buddhist schools and going to cover Verses 33-38 that discuss how…

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Guided Meditations

Meditation on the six sufferings of samsara

Meditation on the defects of cyclic existence to cultivate the determination to be free.

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An Open-Hearted Life

Considering perceived threats and needs

How to assess and work with our feelings and needs in situations where we perceive…

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