Taming the Mind

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Friendship

The importance of cultivating positive relationships. How we can love others without being attached to…

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Colleagues and clients

Bringing our practice into the workplace to transform habitual ways of relating to others.

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Marriage: helping each other grow

How attachment and the self-centered attitude cause problems in relationships. The importance of trust and…

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Complaining: a favorite pastime

Complaining causes disharmony with others and serves no positive purpose. The difference between complaining and…

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Ruminating: living in the past and future

How ruminating interferes with meditation and being mindful of the present.

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Lesson from an incarcerated person

Taking responsibility for our experiences without blaming ourselves.

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Buddhist traditions: finding what suits us

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

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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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10th anniversary of September 11

How our Dharma practice can help to overcome violence and create peace on the personal…

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Importance of motivation in Buddhist practice

The benefit of setting a virtuous motivation when waking and reviewing our actions at the…

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The four immeasurable attitudes

Explanation of what the four immeasurable attitudes are and how we can use them to…

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