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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 93: Elders with wisdom

The Buddhist perspective on those to whom we can turn for guidance, and who are…

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Close-up of Mudita the cat looking into the camera.
Love and Self-esteem

Wisdom, love, and hatred

Verses from Buddhist scriptures on how to overcome the obstacles to cultivating love.

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Close-up of Mudita the cat looking into the camera.
Love and Self-esteem

Obstacles and antidotes

Further discussion of the obstacles to cultivating love and how to work with them.

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Far-reaching generosity and ethical conduct

How to cultivate the three kinds of generosity, and the three types of ethical conduct.…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Heart advice for practitioners

Advice directed at a young monastic, but suitable for all, on making our lives and…

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Crowd of people witing to board a bus.
On Working with Afflictions

An optimistic mind

Hsiao Yin works with her emotional yo-yo.

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Close-up of Mudita the cat looking into the camera.
Love and Self-esteem

Cultivating love

On the difference between love and attachment, and the obstacles to cultivating love.

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Books

Under one umbrella

A review by Rita Gross of the book "Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions."

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Chapter 1: Upper rebirth and highest good

An introduction to the text in the context of Nagarjuna's other treatises on the Middle…

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