Buddha nature

Teachings on buddha nature, the innate quality of the mind that enables all beings to attain enlightenment.

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Four Establishments of Mindfulness Retreat

Buddha nature

The distinction between the awakened buddha nature and the natural buddha nature and the conditions…

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Bright orange and yellow sunset at the Abbey.
Healing from Gun Violence

Grieving the Sandy Hook tragedy

A response to a student reeling with emotions after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting,…

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Cover of Insight into Emptiness.
Books

Causal dependence

Excerpt from the book "Insight into Emptiness," explaining the simile of the cloud and how…

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Large sculpture of a Buddha.
New to Buddhism

Exploring the Buddha’s teachings

Becoming aware of what cyclic existence is and developing a sincere wish to be free…

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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2011-12

Power of resolve: Becoming Vajrasattva

Seeing Vajrsattva as a projection of our own buddha potential, the Buddha that we will…

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Cover of Taming the Mind.
Taming the Mind

Religious harmony: Diversity is beneficial

The benefits of interfaith dialogue and the shared values of different spiritual traditions.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2011

Space from sensual pleasures

Consciously moderating contact with certain things because of how they affect the mind and developing…

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Cover of Taming the Mind.
Taming the Mind

Integration of sutra and tantra in Tibetan Buddhism

How Buddhist teachings help to increase constructive states and decrease destructive states of mind.

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Cover of Taming the Mind.
Taming the Mind

Buddhist traditions: finding what suits us

Similarities of the various traditions and the principal teachings common to all.

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Middle Way Philosophy

Kagyu

Discussing how non-Gelug schools have not written as extensively about their views as the Gelug…

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