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Venerable Thubten Chodron Letter to someone whose son committed suicide
Advice to a student working with difficult emotions after his son with schizophrenia committed suicide.
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Advice for a child with a chronic illness
Advice to a young girl with diabetes on how to transform difficult emotions around her…
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Dealing with anxiety
Anxiety can be ameliorated through meditation and kindness towards self and others.
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Death under the bodhi tree
The unexpected death of a monastic at a holy site stirs thoughts of how self-deprecation…
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Tom Woodbury - Jun 18, 2011
Tom Woodbury The kindness of strangers
A student comes to realize the compassion of sentient beings around him. Then, during retreat,…
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Wynn Martin
- Jun 18, 2011
A new friendship
A remarkable story of treating a drunken thief with dignity and compassion instead of responding…
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Petra McWilliams
- Jun 18, 2011
The secret to happiness
Reflections on the benefits of doing a three-year retreat, and how letting go of self-cherishing…
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Bodhisattva Samantabhadra
- Jun 18, 2011
La Reyna de las Plegarias
Una introducción, y texto completo a esta inspiradora plegaria que puede llenar de optimismo nuestra…
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Lisa Van Atta
- Jun 18, 2011
A treasured possession
A retreatant shares on how she lost a valued piece of jewelry but gained an…
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Organ donation is a personal decision
Contemplating organ donation? Only you can say if it's right or wrong for you, but…
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Incarcerated people A chosen life
What if a person who looks different could impart life-changing wisdom. Open one's heart and…
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