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Meditation

Enlightening the path in our hearts

Are you dealing with hard situations in life or having difficulties with others? Daily meditation…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Living a balanced life and making wise choices

Practical advice on how to live a balanced life and make wise, beneficial decisions.

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Prayers and Practices

Dedication from “Engaging in the Deeds of Bodh...

Dedicating for the well-being and happiness of all sentient beings, with an inspiring final verse.

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Essence of Refined Gold

Nine steps to gaining serenity

The nine mental abidings or steps on the path to attaining serenity, and the four…

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On Overcoming Anger

The internal tiger: anger and fear

Having struck out in anger many times, an incarcerated person shares responding to his fear…

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Essence of Refined Gold

Five faults to serenity

The five faults and eight antidotes to developing serenity, according to Asanga and Maitreya.

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Medicine Buddha Winter Retreat 2007-08

Clarifying the practice

Learning to work with anxiety. Questions from retreatants on visualization in the sadhana and about…

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Essence of Refined Gold

Conditions for developing serenity

Six conditions for developing meditative stabilization, meditation posture. Physical pain during meditation and the mental…

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Essence of Refined Gold

Five hindrances to concentration

A teaching on the five hindrances to concentration according to the Pali canon.

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Medicine Buddha Winter Retreat 2007-08

Working through cause and effect

Defining physical and mental causes with examples. Tools to work with negative states of mind.

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Essence of Refined Gold

Joyous effort and concentration

Qualities for counteracting laziness and developing joyous effort, and techniques to counteract tiredness and distraction…

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Medicine Buddha Winter Retreat 2007-08

Mid-retreat discussion

Addressing questions on different aspects of the meditation: the body, emptiness, visualization and deity meditation.

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