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Grounds and Paths

Hearer’s path of preparation, seeing, and medi...

The demarcation point for entering each path, how to develop each path, and what afflictions…

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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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Dharma in Daily Life

Conceptual Minds and Mind Training

Two strategies for working with the mind that conceptualizes based on raw sensory data.

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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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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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