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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Eight verses of mind training: Verse 2
Discussion on forgiving and apologizing. Seeing that cherishing others is the source of happiness and…
View PostEight verses of mind training: Verse 1
Our mind creates our experience of happiness or suffering based on how we interpret the…
View PostLiving with loss
How to work with the emotions when we lose the things we are attached to.…
View PostShifting from the self-centered thought to cherishin...
The equalizing and exchanging self with others method of generating bodhicitta, and examining how the…
View PostActing with wisdom and compassion
Acting with wisdom, learning to concede, and accepting personal responsibility for our actions.
View PostTransforming arrogance and anger
The importance of taming our arrogance and catching our disturbing attitudes through mindfulness and introspective…
View PostThe faults of self-centeredness
Understanding the faults of the self-centered mind and the importance of bodhicitta in fulfilling our…
View PostThe kindness of others and wanting to repay it
What bodhicitta is, and the seven-point cause and effect method of generating it.
View PostAspiring for freedom: why worldly pleasures won̵...
Cultivating contentment and aspiring for liberation, short-term pleasure versus long-term happiness.
View PostEthical conduct and emptiness
An explanation of right livelihood, dangers of bragging about our qualities, and the importance of…
View PostThe importance of motivation
Why wrong views are stifling to our practice, the importance of maintaining our health to…
View PostMeaningful Dharma practice
What makes a bad companion, the importance of respecting Dharma objects, enduring hardships for the…
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