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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Patience in developing serenity

How we cultivate the absorption factors along with cultivating serenity and the importance of patience…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Five absorptions factors in brief

A brief description of each of the five absorption factors. How the pleasure we get…

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Pile of snow melting in a bird bath
Prison Poetry

Who understands me but me

Self-acceptance gives a person in prison hope and courage.

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Concentration and the five absorption factors

A brief description of serenity and the levels of concentration and how they relate to…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Hindrances to concentration: Doubt

The fifth of the five hindrances, doubt, and how to counteract it. The importance of…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Hindrances to concentration: Remorse

Part two of two talks on the fourth of the five hindrances, restlessness and remorse,…

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Cover of Taming the Mind.
Taming the Mind

Colleagues and clients

Bringing our practice into the workplace to transform habitual ways of relating to others.

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Man looking out window.
On Cultivating Wisdom

The middle way

Thoughts on the importance of taking responsibility for one's own experiences. We are not victims…

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Prison cells.
By Incarcerated People

Stress

To be in prison can be a strong external stress factor, but an incarcerated person…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Hindrances to concentration: Restlessness

Part one of two talks on the fourth of the five hindrances, restlessness and remorse,…

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