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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Meditation on love
How love is different from attachment and the benefits of cultivating love.
View PostThe kindness of others
Recognizing the kindness of others and seeing them as something to be cherished.
View PostReview: Equalizing and exchanging self and others
A review of the practices of cultivating equanimity and equalizing and exchanging self and others.
View PostAdvantages of cherishing others
The advantages of cherishing others, what it means to cherish others, and how to view…
View PostReplacing self-centeredness with cherishing others
It is essential to cherish others in order to rid ourselves of self-centered thought. In…
View PostThe effects of self-centeredness
How the self-centered attitude is not who we are, and how not to confuse it…
View PostReview: Advantages of bodhicitta
Reviewing the advantages of bodhicitta and the two methods for developing bodhicitta.
View PostReview: The disadvantages of cyclic existence
Review of the six disadvantages of cyclic existence that are the result of not taking…
View PostReview: Karma
Review of the third of the four preliminary practices, karma. Includes review of the four…
View PostReview: Death and impermanence
Review session on the second of the four preliminary practices, the impermanence of all things…
View PostReview: Our precious human life
Beginning review section of the preliminary four preliminary practices. Explores the first preliminary practice, the…
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