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Responding to Prejudice

Overcoming anger towards those who use hate speech

The Buddha had an answer for those who believed in the innate superiority of certain…

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Young man sitting and meditating on a pontoon by a lake at sunrise.
Working with Emotions

Using the 12-step program if you’re a Buddhist

A practitioner explains how he combines the teachings of the Buddha with the valuable 12-step…

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Middle Way Philosophy

Conflicting views of reality

The views about reality posited by different Buddhist philosophical systems.

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Middle Way Philosophy

How do we exist?

The ultimate view of reality and the views of Western physicians on the relationship between…

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Middle Way Philosophy

Conventional and ultimate bodhicitta

The two methods to generate bodhicitta and the importance of practicing both method and wisdom.

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Middle Way Philosophy

Freeing ourselves and others

How the determination to be free from cyclic existence leads to the generation of bodhicitta.

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Middle Way Philosophy

Afflictions, mind, and the brain

Working with the afflictions and the relationship between the mind and the brain.

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Middle Way Philosophy

The determination to be free

The importance of generating the determination to be free from cyclic existence and the steps…

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Middle Way Philosophy

Our situation in cyclic existence

Recognizing our situation in samsara as the foundation for studying Middle Way philosophy.

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Gomchen Lamrim

The three types of fortitude

Teaching on the three types of ways we can practice the perfection of fortitude

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New to Buddhism

General advice for Dharma practice

Reflecting on the purpose and meaning of our precious human life and remembering the central…

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