Dharma in Action

The real meaning of Dharma practice is to transform our minds. The rubber meets the road when we get off the cushion and live our practice in daily life.

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21st Century Buddhists

Engaging with modern education and science while remaining rooted in the Buddha's teachings.

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Dharma in Daily Life

Bringing our practice off the cushion into daily life activities and our interactions with others.

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Engaged Buddhism

Responding to social issues and concerns as part of our Dharma practice.

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Prison Dharma

People in prison and volunteers who work in prisons reflect on how to apply the Dharma in prison settings and beyond.

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Students' Insights

Students share how they integrate the Dharma into their daily lives and to face challenging situations.

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Working with Emotions

How to identify disturbing emotions, their causes and antidotes, and transform them to bring inner peace.

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We are the same

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Working with Anger

Guided meditation on examining anger

Meditation on examining the experience of anger and how it affects us.

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Buddhist wisdom for managing our emotions

How disturbing emotions keep us bound in samsara and two methods for managing anger.

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Ethics in the Modern World

Cultivating inner peace

How transforming our mind enables us to create peace in a chaotic world.

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Anger, imputations and assumptions

We impute meaning on things and expect others to agree without clarifying.

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Anger and the self-centered mind

How to oppose the self-centered mind and more techniques for dealing with anger.

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