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Compassion for perpetrators
A compassionate response to the difficulties both caused and experienced by L. B., an incarcerated…
View PostEmptiness in everyday life
Looking at everyday phenomena in terms of emptiness and dependent arising and how changing how…
View PostRefuge and bodhicitta
The three principal causes for taking refuge—a sense of caution, a sense of confidence, and…
View PostThe 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas
Verses on developing the qualities of a bodhisattva by Gyelsay Togmay Zangpo, plus a recording…
View PostRelating to a spiritual teacher
Cultivating relationships with spiritual teachers and the many ways we misunderstand what it means to…
View PostRealizing our potential
Realizing our full potential by recognizing others' great kindness and purifying the mind of the…
View PostWhy things happen the way they do
Understanding karma as a way to make our lives meaningful.
View PostFill yourself with good qualities
Ever feel like a prisoner? During a meditation for people who work with incarcerated people,…
View PostJewish roots, Buddhist blossoms
The experience of growing up in a Jewish family in Southern California and realizing spiritual…
View PostWhat brings happiness
Realising what true happiness is and following the path of the Dharma.
View PostHurtful words, healing words
Being mindful of our speech so as to prevent ourselves from harming others.
View PostAnger poisons our happiness
Transforming anger by changing the behavior patterns of attachment, hostility, and loneliness.
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