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Antidotes to afflictions
Definitions, disadvantages and antidotes for key afflictions: attachment, anger, jealousy, and arrogance.
View PostScholarship from death row prisoners
A story of incarcerated people on death row who provide scholarships to family members of…
View PostReport on “Nuns in the West II”
"The power of women of different faiths meeting together and sharing in harmony cannot be…
View PostAfter release: A woman’s perspective
A woman talks about her experiences on leaving prison after 10 years. She also discusses…
View PostMeditation 101
On the two main kinds of meditation and how to prepare for a meditation session.
View PostDeveloping a Dharma mind
The importance of practicing ourselves before we can help others, guarding against hypocrisy and constantly…
View PostWorking on the mind
Different practices to work with the eight worldly concerns and cultivating the six far-reaching attitudes…
View PostStages of the path to enlightenment
Lamrim topics and thought transformation practices within the 37 practices of bodhisattvas.
View PostPrecious human life
Having a precious human life, how the three poisonous attitudes affect us, importance of spiritual…
View PostWisdom fear of samsara
A teaching on the reality of cyclic existence and possibility for liberation. Reflecting on our…
View PostCrossing to the other shore
An incarcerated person expresses the internal struggle he faces while doing retreat in prison.
View PostCompassion for perpetrators
A compassionate response to the difficulties both caused and experienced by L. B., an incarcerated…
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