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What if the Buddha were a lay woman?
Questions from the Hamburg Dharma College about Venerable Thubten Chodron's personal practice, monastic life, and…
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Kindness in practice
How might we respond with kindness towards others no matter what situations arise?
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A matter of life and death
How being mindful of death in our daily life can help us and how to…
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Transforming problems into the path
Whether grief can be seen as an affliction, the four distorted conceptions, and how to…
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Like gold in filth
Explaining the third and fourth similes, from the section “Nine Similes of Tathagatagarbha”, in Chapter…
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Cultivating loving-kindness
Practical ways to cultivate kindness towards ourselves and others in our daily lives.
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The four thoughts that turn the mind
A series of Buddhist contemplations on the preciousness of our human life, impermanence and death,…
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Nine similes for Tathāgatagarbha
Explaining the first two similes from the section, "Nine Similes for Tathāgatagarbha", in Chapter 13,…
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Sravasti Abbey joins in the 2023 International Bhiks...
A report from the International Bhikshuni Varsa in Sravasti, India, 2023.
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