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Sunrise behind barbed wire fence.
By Prison Volunteers

Visit to Airway Heights Correctional Center

A nun visits a correctional facility for the first time in order to participate in…

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Wooden Kuan Yin Statue
Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2018

Immeasurable equanimity

The importance of the four immeasurables and an in-depth look into immeasurable equanimity.

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2018

“Letter to a Friend”: Verses 6-11

Exploring the recollection of generosity, ethical conduct, and the far-reaching attitudes of generosity and ethical…

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Wooden Kuan Yin Statue
Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2018

Qualities of the three jewels

What taking refuge means, and some poetry and scriptural quotations about the qualities of the…

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Boxes stacked in a room with a wooden floor.
On Refuge and Bodhicitta

There are no enemies

How our Dharma practice can help us with our tendency to classify sentient beings into…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Keep a happy mind

Reflecting on the quote “Try to be happy in your practice and be satisfied in…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Being an example of wisdom

How to generate the wisdom that understands the law of karma, and the wisdom of…

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