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The Buddhist approach to happiness
Living life with the view that my happiness is most important actually leads to unhappiness.…
View PostWorking with difficult situations
The fortitude of being indifferent to harm. Verses 35-51 of Chapter 6 of Shantideva's "Engaging…
View PostAntidotes to anger
How to use our understanding of karma to work with the angry mind. Verses 16-21…
View PostWorking with anger, developing fortitude
Defining anger and its disadvantages. Commentary on Verses 1-7 of Shantideva's "Engaging in the Bodhisattva's…
View PostVerse 89: The supreme possession
Integrating the Dharma into our lives is the wisest way to support our decision-making process.
View PostA year of living with an open heart
A study guide to encourage readers to form groups and delve into wealth of material…
View PostVerse 84: Good role models
How to seek out good role models in our lives, and also how to receive…
View PostVerse 83: Examining the self-centered mind
The importance of looking closely at the self-centered mind that destroys all our happiness.
View PostExchanging self and others to develop bodhicitta
The disadvantages of self-centeredness, the benefits of cherishing others, and how these meditations lead us…
View PostNine-point meditation for equalizing self and others
The nine points to meditate on to generate the attitude that sees others and one…
View PostOur two-year-old mind
How to work with the self-centered mind that creeps up on us in the middle…
View PostEight Verses of Thought Transformation
How we can train ourselves to see the world through the eyes of Chenrezig, the…
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