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Paying attention to life
An incarcerated person discusses the ways practice has helped him cope and improved his life…
View PostFreedoms and fortunes of this life
Exploring our great fortune in having been born in the human realm.
View PostPrecious human life
The meaning, purpose and rarity of the freedoms and fortunes of a precious human life…
View PostThe kindness of others
Recognizing the kindness of others and seeing them as something to be cherished.
View PostExamining anger and its antidotes
Anger is a broad category of emotions based on exaggeration. When we can recognize it…
View PostA Song of Longing for Tara, the Infallible
An homage and praise to Tara by Lobsang Tenpey Gyaltsen.
View PostBuddhist education for nuns in Western countries
The ordination and education of nuns in Western countries; Sravasti Abbey as a proving ground…
View PostOverwhelmed?
We can feel overwhelmed by events or we can feel enthusiastic to solve them. Much…
View PostReview: Equalizing and exchanging self and others
A review of the practices of cultivating equanimity and equalizing and exchanging self and others.
View PostThe noble eightfold path
How the noble eightfold path is organized under the three higher trainings; practices related to…
View PostRelying on the teacher
What it means to rely on our spiritual mentors and the many benefits of doing…
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