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Meditation to raise consciousness for a healthy rela...
A meditation written by Geshe Thubten Ngawang to bring us into harmony with the natural…
View PostChapter 3: Abandoning belief in cleanliness
Recognizing the difficulties created by sensual desire and seeing the body for what it is…
View PostChapters 2-3: Verses 45-52
How what is seen as pleasurable in samsara is actually a small discomfort replacing a…
View PostLooking at death and dealing with loss
How remembering death can make life meaningful, causing us to think about the choices we…
View PostClear wishes for our final moments
Engaging in mind training throughout our lives in order to die without terror and regret.
View PostDaily practices for time of death
Working with the mind at the time of death and how to use an awareness…
View PostDying without fear and regret
Preparing our family for our death, living wills and notifying them of spiritual commitments and…
View PostChapter 2: Abandoning belief in pleasure
The unsatisfactory nature of the pleasures of cyclic existence and how they cannot bring real,…
View PostChallenges to forgiveness
We can generate forgiveness and compassion for those who harm ourselves or others. Forgiveness does…
View PostHow to grow a monastic
A personal account of the 19th Annual Western Buddhist Monastic Gathering.
View PostEmptiness does not mean nothingness
A teaching on the difference between conventional and ultimate analysis of objects in order to…
View PostOrdination of buddhist nuns
Progress on the revival of Mūlasarvāstivāda bhikṣuṇī ordination.
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