Buddha nature
Teachings on buddha nature, the innate quality of the mind that enables all beings to attain enlightenment.
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Rebirth and karma
Understanding rebirth and its relationship to karma, and taking responsibility for our lives.
View PostLetting go of guilt and shame
Overcoming guilt and shame by cultivating loving kindness for oneself first and then expanding it…
View PostDaishin, big mind
We can embrace our experiences, whether difficult or pleasant, in a way that is neither…
View PostKitchen Dharma
A person in prison explores opportunities to practice the Dharma in difficult living and working…
View PostBasic goodness
The relationship between buddha nature and basic goodness, different ways to show compassion, and how…
View PostEssence of Refined Gold
A treatise on the Lamrim Tradition of meditation, a tradition known as "Stages on the…
View PostGender equality/inequality in Buddhism
How our own minds create our experience of gender equality. Addressing "problematic" text, situation of…
View PostMaking friends with ourselves
Discovering our Buddha potential by investigating the source of lasting happiness and cultivating the heart…
View PostThree ways to see bodhicitta in terms of dependent a...
How to use the understanding of dependence on causes and conditions, parts and mental labeling…
View Post108 Verses: Verse 9
Generating compassion by seeing things as not inherently existing and changing how we act with…
View PostDeeply committed to freedom
An incarcerated person writes about the choice we make each day: to rise above our…
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