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Worm crawling on concrete.
On Refuge and Bodhicitta

I saw a worm today

Scott transforms an ordinary event into a bodhisattva practice.

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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2014

Responding to pleasant feelings

Discusses how to respond to pleasant feelings without attachment but with the wish to give…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 8: Verses 195-196

How to meditate on emptiness, and the importance of reflection and meditation on the teachings.

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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2014

Transforming unpleasant feelings

Discusses the difference between unpleasant feelings that arise from virtuous versus non-virtuous minds. Using wisdom…

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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2014

The Five Dhyani Buddhas

Responds to a question on the symbolism of the Five Dhyani Buddhas in the purification…

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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2014

Life support or not?

Responds to a question about going on life support, which prolongs life by artificial means.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 8: Verses 192-194

The different ways the Buddha presented the teachings according to the disposition of the disciples.

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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2014

Dealing with spirits and sickness

Responds to a question on how the Vajrasattva practice helps us to purify harm from…

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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2014

Believing what others believe about us

Responds to a question on how we are conditioned by what others believe about us…

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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2014

Cultivating love on Valentine’s Day

Shares thoughts on how to cultivate love for all sentient beings, including our enemies, on…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 8: Verses 190-191

Meditating on emptiness of the self, three levels of selflessness of persons, and the four-point…

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