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Contemplating causality
Encourages us to contemplate whether our beliefs and views about who we are and events…
View PostChapter 8: Verses 183-184
Misconceptions regarding how cyclic existence comes into existence and the importance of understanding this. Explaining…
View PostLearning to let go during purification
Addresses a query on how to work with difficult emotions and memories that arise during…
View PostAppreciating the time for analysis
Expresses appreciation for the time we have during the silent Winter Retreat to do analytical…
View PostHow to make the most of Retreat from Afar
Responds to a listener's queries on where to find BBC videos online and how best…
View PostChapter 8: Verses 179-183
Considering that things might not exist as they appear has great benefit, and why and…
View PostRejoicing in retreat
Celebrates the joy, privilege, and responsibility of Vajrasattva practice during Sravasti Abbey's first Snows Retreat,…
View PostChapter 8: Verses 176-178
Why the afflictions can be abandoned, and the importance of reflecting on our attachment to…
View PostDealing with grief and loss
Fresh perspectives on how to work with changes that we do not welcome.
View PostShifting from the self-centered thought to cherishin...
The equalizing and exchanging self with others method of generating bodhicitta, and examining how the…
View PostReview of Chapter 6: Part 1
A review of Chapter 6 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle Way" focuses on…
View PostSpiritual liberation
A community of Buddhist nuns, the Order of Siladhara, provides opportunity for women seeking the…
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