Buddha nature
Teachings on buddha nature, the innate quality of the mind that enables all beings to attain enlightenment.
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Developing insight into emptiness
The steps for developing insight into emptiness, and the difference between conceptual mind and non-conceptual…
View PostDeveloping a kind heart
The importance of developing loving kindness, an open-hearted care for others.
View PostDepression and Buddha nature
A person in prison gives advice to a student with depression from his own personal…
View PostThe four opponent powers for purification
The importance of purifying negative karma and how to use the four opponent powers in…
View PostLaziness that interferes with practice
How laziness interferes with Dharma practice. What it means to be kind to ourselves and…
View PostThe determination to be free
Understanding the meaning of renunciation, what we are wishing to be free from, the effects…
View PostBuddha nature and precious human life
Seeing our potential and the conducive circumstances we have to actualize it.
View PostThe four noble truths
A look at the unsatisfactory nature of cyclic existence and how to practice the noble…
View PostMotivated to not harm
Not harming, verbally or mentally. Questions on how we react to someone's misfortune and on…
View PostRebirth 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…
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