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 32: The master executioner
Death is definite. It is important to practice virtue and avoid non-virtue while we still…
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Verse 31: The invisible disease
Our refusal to acknowledge and accept the process of aging and sickness is a cause…
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Verse 30: The navigator in samsara
Karma and afflictions lead us by the nose. We need to take responsibility for creating…
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Verse 29: Vulgar and insensitive actions
Lack of consideration for others mars their impression of us and harms our relationships.
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Verse 28: Getting rid of body odor
It is difficult to challenge the wrong views and assumptions that we take for granted…
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Verse 27: Guarding our spiritual precepts
The right mindset to cultivate when we voluntarily take and keep precepts in order to…
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Verse 26: Small negativities, strong poisons
Small transgressions in ethical conduct can reap large results, so be careful of even the…
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Verse 25: The negative omen of exaggeration
Exaggerating the good qualities of objects we are attached to can only bring suffering.
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Verse 24: Our noisy minds
How difficult it is for us to quiet down, even when we are in a…
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Verse 23: The ignorant beast
Ignorance is a mind-state that makes us no better than an animal even though we…
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Verse 22: The hungry ghost mind
Even the wealthy can have a mind-state of poverty, unable to give for fear of…
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