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Buddha nature
Explaining the two types of Buddha nature to help us understand our potential.
View PostTen powers
Continuing explaining the ten powers of the Buddha, covering 4-9, teaching from Chapter 2.
View PostRefuting a permanent self
A refutation of partless atoms, permanent objects, and other wrong views.
View PostAttachment Controls Us
An introduction to and overview of "A Commentary on the Awakening Mind."
View PostCreating our world: dependent arising
An explanation of rebirth through dependent arising, based on commentaries of the Rice Seedling Sutra.
View PostFour kinds of self-confidence, ten powers
Explaining the four kinds of self-confidence and the first three of the ten powers, teaching…
View PostCaring for our grief
Western material on grief and complementary material from a Buddhist point of view.
View PostClimate grief and resilience
Work to return bison to grasslands in the western US and reasons to be optimistic…
View PostLojong antidotes to grief
Antidotes to grief, including reflecting on the advantages of suffering, reflecting on karma, and taking…
View PostMaking grief meaningful
Lojong, or mind-training practices that we can use to transform our grief and our difficulties…
View PostA personal study of grief and some antidotes
Learning from personal grief and antidotes for working with grief from a Buddhist perspective.
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