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Venerable Thubten Chodron 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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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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Shantideva - Mar 11, 2008
Shantideva 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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Nine steps to gaining serenity
The nine mental abidings or steps on the path to attaining serenity, and the four…
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Incarcerated people The internal tiger: anger and fear
Having struck out in anger many times, an incarcerated person shares responding to his fear…
View Post Five faults to serenity
The five faults and eight antidotes to developing serenity, according to Asanga and Maitreya.
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Clarifying the practice
Learning to work with anxiety. Questions from retreatants on visualization in the sadhana and about…
View Post Conditions for developing serenity
Six conditions for developing meditative stabilization, meditation posture. Physical pain during meditation and the mental…
View Post Five hindrances to concentration
A teaching on the five hindrances to concentration according to the Pali canon.
View Post Working through cause and effect
Defining physical and mental causes with examples. Tools to work with negative states of mind.
View Post Joyous effort and concentration
Qualities for counteracting laziness and developing joyous effort, and techniques to counteract tiredness and distraction…
View Post Mid-retreat discussion
Addressing questions on different aspects of the meditation: the body, emptiness, visualization and deity meditation.
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