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Forgiveness

The heart of forgiveness

What forgiveness is and practical advice on how to cultivate it.

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Grounds and Paths

Hearer’s path of accumulation

How the hearer enters the path of accumulation through developing the determination to be free…

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Grounds and Paths

Fundamental Vehicle grounds and paths

An explanation of the hearer's grounds and paths, including which afflictions or fetters need to…

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A man working in office facing the window
Workplace Wisdom

Work

Applying the Dharma in the workplace, Ken Mondal offers us his personal experience.

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Grounds and Paths

Explanation of the middle way view

Examining the middle way view using the four-fold negation explained in Nagarjuna's introductory verse.

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Rice in different colors on a table.
By Prison Volunteers

Practicing the six perfections

Members of a Buddhist group in Spokane, Washington, practice the six far-reaching attitudes.

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Karma and Your Life

Miscarriages and karma

Sometimes a baby is stillborn. The grief of the parents often is very deep. An…

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Grounds and Paths

Commentary on the author’s introduction

Explanation of the author's homage and introduction of the text. What Dharma practice means and…

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Portrait of a angry child
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2011

Anger in the moment

The afflictions are not the nature of the mind. Anger is just a moment, and…

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A paper with the wordings: In the end, only kindness matters, stick on window with raindrops.
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2011

The kindness of others

Seeing kindness and repaying with a genuine wish to benefit. Give and let the giving…

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A blue sign with a green color potion in a bottle and the words: Potions for all Afflictions
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2011

Antidotes to the afflictions

As children we were totally dependent on the kindness of others. Seeing that, we become…

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