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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Venerable Thubten Chodron Verse 76: The most powerful army
By cultivating an army of positive qualities, we can vanquish our afflictions and be truly…
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Verse 75: True heroes
How the mind of a spiritual practitioner stays steadfast amidst the glitter of worldly pleasures.
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Verse 74: Every moment matters
How we have autonomy in every moment to work against our habitual patterns and live…
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Verse 73: Buddhas-to-be
Cultivating a pure view of others and ourselves as future buddhas can be more realistic…
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Verse 72: The sweetest conversation
How to be mindful of our speech, our motivations when interacting with others, and cultivating…
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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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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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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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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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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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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Working with anger
Examining how the source of our anger is our own mind, and that we have…
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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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