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“Don’t Believe Everything You Think̶...
The verses of "The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas" describe practices to transform the way we…
View PostSeeing all sentient beings as having been our kind m...
The first three points of the seven-point cause-and-effect instruction for generating bodhicitta. Proving rebirth through…
View PostThe best giving
How to work with our possessiveness towards what we consider to be "mine."
View PostChapter 5: Verses 405-412
Continued commentary on the auxiliary mental afflictions to be abandoned, focusing on the seven types…
View PostFinding hope after a loved one’s suicide
A moving letter and poem from an incarcerated person grieving his cousin's suicide.
View PostEquanimity—freedom from bias
The categories of friend, enemy and stranger come from our own mind. How to reflect…
View PostChapter 5: Verses 401-405
By identifying the mental afflictions and how they harm others and ourselves we will be…
View PostCraving and clinging at the time of death
Craving and clinging in the 12 links of dependent origination and how they arise at…
View PostThe four types of clinging
A look at the objects we can get attached too, especially our wrong views.
View PostIdentity theft
Fraudulent tax returns and changing credit scores elicit a meditation on emptiness.
View PostThe three types of attachment
The types of attachment that arise and how to work with them.
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