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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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 75: True heroes

How the mind of a spiritual practitioner stays steadfast amidst the glitter of worldly pleasures.

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 74: Every moment matters

How we have autonomy in every moment to work against our habitual patterns and live…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 73: Buddhas-to-be

Cultivating a pure view of others and ourselves as future buddhas can be more realistic…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 72: The sweetest conversation

How to be mindful of our speech, our motivations when interacting with others, and cultivating…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 71: Living an exemplary life

Developing authentic care and concern for others. The progression from faking it to being it…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 70: The most respected of all beings

How we should respect those who are wise in the Dharma, and how our own…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 69: The best speaker of all

How hearing, thinking and meditating are crucial in helping us to integrate the Dharma into…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 68: The one with intense discipline

How to work with our rationalizing mind that tries to make excuses to follow our…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 67: The wise and skilled teacher

The importance of finding our own internal wisdom, integrating the Dharma into our lives so…

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Don't Believe Everything You Think

Working with anger

Examining how the source of our anger is our own mind, and that we have…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 66: The eye of wisdom

How we begin to understand emptiness gradually, and how the two truths—ultimate and conventional—go together.

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 65: Resting the weary mind

On the hindrances that arise when we cultivate concentration and how to counteract them with…

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