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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Attachment to this life
Speaking on dependent arising and starting teachings on the first attachment that keeps us bound…
View PostThe Buddhist worldview
Introducing the text 'Parting from the Four Attachments' and discussing key ideas in the Buddhist…
View Post༄༅། །ནུབ་པ་རིག་འཛིན་གྲགས་ཀྱིས་མཛད་པའི་ཞེན་པ་བཞི་བྲལ་...
Instruction on parting from the four attachments by Nubpa Rigdzin Drak (bilingual-Tibetan/English).
View PostFreedom from the Four Fixations
English translation of the root text containing instructions on freedom from the four fixations by…
View PostParting from the Four Attachments
English translation of the root text containing instructions on parting from the four attachments by…
View PostThought transformation: Changing perspective when pr...
How thought transformation practices can be used to transform problems into something useful and beneficial.
View PostMeditation outline for “The Eight Verses of Th...
How to integrate "The Eight Verses of Thought Transformation" into our meditation.
View PostIngratitude
A student struggles with being hurt by the ingratitude of others. Venerable Chodron suggests meditating…
View PostThe universal antidote
How things don't exist the way they appear, and the importance of practicing diligently, as…
View PostEight worldly concerns
Questioning and investigating what society says is normal and acceptable.
View PostTonglen and social problems
Venerable Thubten Chodron talks about tonglen and the issues of terrorism we are facing around…
View PostTonglen: Taking and giving
Venerable Thubten Chodron explains the practice of tonglen, or taking and giving.
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