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Live each day with loving-kindness
Practical tips on how to bring loving-kindness into our daily lives and interpersonal relationships.
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“In Praise of Great Compassion” book launch
Reading with commentary on passages from the book, "In Praise of Great Compassion."
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Finding your purpose in life
By looking inside, we discover what we can contribute to the world instead of getting…
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Review of Chapter Six: Verses 12-21
How we can use suffering and difficult situations to increase our compassion, instead of responding…
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Practicing the Dharma in difficult times
How to take the difficulties that are part of life into our spiritual practice to…
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The purity of the mind
Reviewing Chapter 12, "The Mind and Its Potential", describing the nature of the mind and…
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Emptiness, its nature, its purpose, and its meaning
What it means to say things are empty but arise dependently. Also explanation of the…
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Questions and answers on Dharma in daily life
Answers to student questions on how how to apply the Dharma in common situations.
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The importance of realizing the ultimate nature
Why realizing emptiness is essential and the stages we go through to realize emptiness.
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Mindfulness of the mind and phenomena
An explanation of mindfulness of the mind and phenomena. Also the reason for meditating on…
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Mindfulness of feelings
The meaning and purpose of being mindful of the three types of feelings.
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Mindfulness of the body
An explanation of mindfulness of the body and the meditations on the body.
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