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Venerable Thubten Chodron A peaceful heart in a complex world
Changing relationships can begin with kindness in action, speech and thought.
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Chapter 2: Verses 40-65
The importance of keeping an awareness of death in order to focus our minds, consider…
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Chapter 2: Verses 24-39
Looking at what makes life meaningful followed by a continuation of the text. These verses…
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Chapter 2: Verses 7-23
Examining our motivations, considering why we face the same problems repeatedly, and the antidotes to…
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Chapter 2: Verses 1-6
The first verses of Chapter 2 describe the Three Jewels of refuge and how and…
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Incarcerated people 
12 links of dependent arising
How we are addicted to feelings of pleasure and avoidance of pain, almost as if…
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Happy birthday, Mom
A simple birthday song to an incarcerated person's mother brings happiness.
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 114-Colophon
Talking about the two truths, how we feel we exist, and meditating on emptiness using…
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Better than a hell realm
A person in prison makes use of the tonglen practice while participating in the retreat…
View Post Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 111-113
Examining how karma is not inherently existent, many causes and conditions the are involved to…
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