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Essence of a Human Life

Creating the causes of happiness

How understanding karma helps us to focus on what truly matters, and to create the…

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Essence of a Human Life

Attachment to the body

Contemplating the amount of time we spend seeking pleasure for and pampering our body when…

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Responding to Prejudice

Welcoming refugees

Bringing a positive outlook to the situation of refugees in Europe, seeing it as an…

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Essence of a Human Life

The nine-point death meditation

Reflecting on our relationships with money, possessions, friends, and relatives, and the karma we create…

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Guided Meditations

Love your neighbor

A meditation on extending a sense of care and affection to people whom we find…

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Responding to Prejudice

Living without fear

Reflections on working with prejudice against immigrants happening worldwide, and the different forms of violence…

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Essence of a Human Life

Moving towards our spiritual goals

While it is important to know what we are moving away from in our spiritual…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Chapter 1: Verses 49-56

Refuting the two extreme views—that things are totally nonexistent or inherently exist. Without abandoning the…

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Cultivating Compassion

An open-hearted life: The meaning of compassion

Examining the meaning of compassion from the perspective of Buddhism and psychology with co-authors Venerable…

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