Thought Training
Teachings that help us transform our minds to see people and events we find challenging from a Dharma perspective.
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Transforming attachment and hostility
Venerable Thubten Tarpa teaches about attachment, aversion, generosity and ethical conduct.
View Post“Good Karma” book launch
Karmic results are happening all the time in our life and all the time we…
View Post“Good Karma”: Creating the causes for ha...
Looking at our experience from the viewpoint of karma leads us to act in ways…
View PostTransforming the self-centered mind
Review of verses from "The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas" that nudge our mind away from…
View PostTransforming adversity into joy and courage
By transforming our mental state, we can increase our confidence and courage to face the…
View Post“Don’t Believe Everything You Think̶...
The verses of "The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas" describe practices to transform the way we…
View PostThe best giving
How to work with our possessiveness towards what we consider to be "mine."
View PostCraving and clinging at the time of death
Craving and clinging in the 12 links of dependent origination and how they arise at…
View PostThe four types of clinging
A look at the objects we can get attached too, especially our wrong views.
View PostThe three types of attachment
The types of attachment that arise and how to work with them.
View PostThe best sign of higher attainment
Why the best sign of higher attainment is not mystical and magical, but the reduction…
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