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Prison Poetry

A suicide

An incarcerated person learns of his cousin's death.

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Don't Believe Everything You Think

“Don’t Believe Everything You Think̶...

The verses of "The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas" describe practices to transform the way we…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Seeing 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…

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Wisdom of the Kadam Masters

The best giving

How to work with our possessiveness towards what we consider to be "mine."

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Chapter 5: Verses 405-412

Continued commentary on the auxiliary mental afflictions to be abandoned, focusing on the seven types…

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Healing after a Suicide

Finding hope after a loved one’s suicide

A moving letter and poem from an incarcerated person grieving his cousin's suicide.

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Gomchen Lamrim

Equanimity—freedom from bias

The categories of friend, enemy and stranger come from our own mind. How to reflect…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Chapter 5: Verses 401-405

By identifying the mental afflictions and how they harm others and ourselves we will be…

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Wisdom of the Kadam Masters

Craving and clinging at the time of death

Craving and clinging in the 12 links of dependent origination and how they arise at…

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Wisdom of the Kadam Masters

The four types of clinging

A look at the objects we can get attached too, especially our wrong views.

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On Emptiness

Identity theft

Fraudulent tax returns and changing credit scores elicit a meditation on emptiness.

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