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Verse 27: Guarding our spiritual precepts
The right mindset to cultivate when we voluntarily take and keep precepts in order to…
View PostVerse 26: Small negativities, strong poisons
Small transgressions in ethical conduct can reap large results, so be careful of even the…
View PostVerse 25: The negative omen of exaggeration
Exaggerating the good qualities of objects we are attached to can only bring suffering.
View PostThe kindness of our spiritual mentors
The kindness of our spiritual mentors and the three practices of offering to repay their…
View PostChapter 11: Refuting truly existent time
How do the past, present, and future exist? How can things be impermanent yet have…
View PostPhotos with incarcerated people
Venerable Chodron has visited approximately 30 prisons in the US and several in Asia and…
View PostOverview of the stages of the path
An overview of the graduated path to awakening and how it relates to the three…
View PostVerse 24: Our noisy minds
How difficult it is for us to quiet down, even when we are in a…
View PostBenefits of relying on a spiritual mentor
The eight benefits of properly relying on the spiritual mentor and the disadvantages of not…
View PostVerse 23: The ignorant beast
Ignorance is a mind-state that makes us no better than an animal even though we…
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