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It’s time to change your mind
Mind transformation as the essence of Buddhism, the Four Immeasurables, and how to cultivate positive…
View PostOur top three priorities
By understanding impermanence and emptiness, our bodhicitta motivation becomes clear.
View PostCompassion + Technology
How obsession with the latest technology hinders us from thinking about its negative impacts on…
View PostWorking with Conflict and Making Requests
Exploring ways to handle conflict situations, and how to skillfully make requests of others to…
View PostMeditation on working with fear and anger
A guided meditation on how to work with fear and anger to respond more effectively…
View PostExplicit and implicit presentations of the 12 links
Continuing the teachings from Chapter 8, explaining the explicit and implicit descriptions of the 12…
View PostIntrusive conditions and incompatible propensities
Continued explanation of the eight intrusive conditions and eight incompatible propensities that interfere with practicing…
View PostAging or death
Completing Chapter 7, describing the twelfth-link, aging or death and starting Chapter 8 "Dependent Origination:…
View PostNonviolence and compassion
A student responds to Venerable Thubten Chodron's talk on the causes and effects of war.
View PostDistracted by the causes for pain
Commentary on verse 15 of Chapter 7 including the intrusive conditions and incompatible propensities that…
View PostQuestions and answers on meditation
Teaching from Chapter 7, responding to questions on meditating on the dying process and how…
View PostPeople do not learn by suffering
Counteracting laziness and developing joyous effort. Commentary on verses 11-14 of Chapter 7. Also why…
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