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Chapter 7: Emptiness and selflessness
Review of the four extremes of arising and teaching on the historical development of ideas…
View PostChapter 7: The four extremes of arising
Getting us to question whether a thing arises from itself, other, self and other, or…
View PostA call for empathy
Comments on Michael Lerner's article "Stop Shaming Trump Supporters," and an email from a student…
View PostMeditation on working with prejudice
A guided meditation to help us release fear and anger of someone we are prejudiced…
View PostChapter 7: Refuting the inherently existent self
The reasonings that make it impossible for an inherently existent self that we grasp at…
View PostChapter 7: The object of negation
How to identify the object of negation when meditating on emptiness.
View PostHow to think about the election
Venerable Thubten Chodron continues to discuss the election and how to use it to investigate…
View PostChapter 6-7: Review and overview
Review of chapter 6 and an overview of chapter 7 of "Buddhism: One Teacher, Many…
View PostChapter 6: The 37 aids to awakening
The 37 qualities that we strive to develop on the path to buddhahood.
View PostChapter 6: Mindfulness of the body and mind
How to meditate on the mindfulness of the body and the mind.
View PostResponding to the election results
Venerable Thubten Chodron responds to the results of the presidential election.
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