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Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Resistance to practice

Observe and reflect to understand our mind.

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Mindfulness

Mindfulness and compassion

An introduction to mindfulness and how practicing it can benefit our environment and others around…

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A road sign with the name Gratitude Road.
On Mindfulness

Gratitude

Getting caught up in our egos keeps us from appreciating the good things we do…

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Working with Emotions

Making friends with ourselves

Discovering our Buddha potential by investigating the source of lasting happiness and cultivating the heart…

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Venerable Chodron with Lin QingXiu
On Taking Illness Onto the Path

Practicing in the face of cancer

A student shares how she practiced the Dharma while going through chemotherapy for leukemia and…

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Four Truths for the Aryas

Three kinds of peace

Ethical discipline is key to developing inner peace.

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Group photo of participants in the twelfth annual Buddhist Monastic Conference.
Western Buddhist Monastic Gatherings

Western monastic life

Monastics from different traditions practicing in the West discuss aspects of training, precepts, community life,…

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Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas

Feelings that arise while doing purification

The second of three talks on the practice of prostrations to the 35 buddhas offers…

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Group of monastics at the 2013 WBMG.
Western Monastics

Whatever happened to the monastic Sangha?

Examining the role of monastics in Western culture, especially as torch-bearers of the Dharma.

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Stone image of a bodhisattva.
On Love, Compassion, and Bodhicitta

Joys of taking the bodhisattva vows

An incarcerated person shares the impact of taking the bodhisattva vows on his Dharma practice.

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Venerable Chodron in front of an altar, teaching.
Bodhisattva Path

Three ways to see bodhicitta in terms of dependent a...

How to use the understanding of dependence on causes and conditions, parts and mental labeling…

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On Overcoming Anger

Making the teachings personal

An incarcerated person reflects on refuge and the insights he has developed through practice.

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