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Cultivating the wasteland
When the West meets the Buddha At this year’s Triple Platform Ordination at Taiping Foen…
View PostTaming the monkey mind
Applying the Buddhist worldview in daily life by overcoming the complaining mind.
View PostFinal and provisional refuges
Describing the difference between the Three Jewels and the objects of refuge, both final and…
View PostThe four aspects of killing and stealing
What comprises a complete path of action of killing and stealing.
View PostEight excellent qualities of sangha jewel
Explaining the eight qualities of sangha jewel found in Maitreya’s Sublime Continuum, teaching from Chapter…
View PostThe general characteristics of karma
Explanation of the four general characteristics of karma.
View PostMeditation on compassion and ethical living
A Guided meditation on the relation of ethics to compassion.
View PostCompassion, uncertainty, and listening to uncomforta...
How to become comfortable with uncertainty and open to uncomfortable truths
View PostCultivation of Compassion
How compassion gets us going in the right direction in our life.
View PostEight excellent qualities of the dharma jewel
Explaining the eight excellent qualities of the dharma jewel found in Maitreya’s Sublime Continuum, teaching…
View PostPreparing well for our death
Spiritual practices that we can do to live a meaningful life and prepare for our…
View PostRecognizing impermanence
Meditating on and understanding impermanence can help us to deal with our fear of death.
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