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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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Seven-point Mind Training

An inherently existent self

How to investigate if the self is inherently different from the aggregates and steps in…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Hindrances to concentration: Dullness

The third of the five hindrances. Dullness and drowsiness and the antidotes to these hindrances.

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Light comes through behind fir trees.
Helping the Dying and Deceased

Helping the dying

Reducing attachment to the body and examining ways we can be of benefit to those…

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Light comes through behind fir trees.
Helping the Dying and Deceased

Five forces at time of death

What happens after we die and looking at our attachment to the body, starting to…

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Light comes through behind fir trees.
Helping the Dying and Deceased

Death and peace of mind

A short explanation of the Amitabha Buddha practice followed by suggestions on dealing with our…

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Chants from the Chinese Tradition

Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha chant

Explanation and recording of the homage and bowing to the Buddha done at Sravasti Abbey.

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Light comes through behind fir trees.
Helping the Dying and Deceased

Death meditation

The nine-point death meditation and the importance of practicing the Dharma now as a means…

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