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 The dead end of jealousy
Comparing ourselves to others, and checking up to see what we want, and if actually…
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Holding onto a position because of pride
Our difficulty with offering the victory to others, often because of our pride.
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Precious treasures
How people who trigger us are really a precious treasure, as they are pointing out…
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Eight Verses of Thought Transformation
A commentary on the eight verses and how they can change our perspective—how we see…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Working with disturbing emotions
Having compassion for ourselves by not following the disturbing emotions.
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The pain of harsh words
Venerable Sangye Khadro shares how painful it is to receive and give harsh words, and…
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Reward and respect
A warning against procuring reward and respect by means of flattery, hinting, or coercion.
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Not diminishing ourselves
Being careful, carefully examining our motivation before mentioning the faults of others.
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The mirror of the Dharma
Venerable Sangye Khadro talks about being authentic, which is to look at our errors, and…
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The emptiness of the giver, the giving, and the rece...
Venerable Sangye Khadro continues with Verse 30 of the “37 Practices of Bodhisattvas,” discussing the…
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Developing concentration takes practice
How concentration is not easy, but we keep working at it.
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Joyous effort, not perfection
Joyous effort and the three types of laziness and their antidotes.
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