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Venerable Thubten Chodron Incarcerated people transform adversity into the path
Grant funding enables Sravasti Abbey to teach thought-training to incarcerated people in the United States.
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Peter Aronson Meaningful life, remembering death
A vivid meditation on death and how important it is to make life meaningful while…
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Zhiwa Woodbury Meditating on our precious human life
A guided meditation on how to rejoice in our precious human life instead of taking…
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Power of prayer and familiarity
The aspirations and meditations that are beneficial at the time of death, and the signs…
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The Buddha’s first teaching
How the four noble truths are the framework in which everything happens.
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Revelatory and non-revelatory forms
Actions that reveal and do not reveal the intention of the person doing the action.
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Naturally negative versus proscribed actions
An explanations of actions that are prohibited by precepts, and actions that are destructive by…
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Four opponent powers: Remedial action
Making a realistic determination to refrain from a destructive action, and doing remedial actions.
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Incarcerated people The day has finally arrived
A person in prison is hopeful and sure of himself when, after being incarcerated for…
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Four opponent powers: Determination to refrain
The importance of making a determination not to repeat a negative action, and how to…
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