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For Young People

A Buddhist perspective on friends

Buddhist teachings offer youth helpful tips in dealing with friendships: difficult friends, peer pressure, how…

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Venerable Thubten Chodron teaching in Singapore
Love and Self-esteem

How to love the people you dislike

Transforming the judgmental mind by appreciating the kindness of others.

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Venerable Chodron smiling and holding flowers at Tai Pei Buddhist Centre in Singapore.
Contentment and Happiness

Working with unfulfilled expectations

How we set ourselves up for disappointment through our expectations, and how we can find…

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The word: Punish written on a wall.
Prison Dharma

Working with Buddhists behind bars

Overcoming fear and the judgmental mind to reach sentient beings in prison.

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On Addiction

Who’s poisoning me?

A person in prison speaks about his addictions and a brush with death.

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Karma and Your Life

Karma and your life

The meaning of karma and how to go about creating future happiness by mindfully cultivating…

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The word: Wisdom written on the road
Wisdom

How to develop wisdom

Learning about karma and practicing meditation deepens our understanding of the nature of reality.

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Prison cell window that has light pentrating through, surroundings are in darkness.
Prison Dharma

The Dalai Lama on prison life

His Holiness talks about how to generate compassion for incarcerated people and the need for…

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Three Principal Aspects of the Path

Taking and giving

The taking and giving meditation, or tonglen, reverses our usual attitude of placing ourselves first…

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Person in meditation.
Three Principal Aspects of the Path

Exchanging self and others

When we learn to place others' happiness above our own, we start to destroy the…

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