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Relate to others with awareness of their kindness and the wish to benefit them.

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hadakshari Lokeshvara on gold cloth.
Speaking Wisely and Kindly

Disadvantages of criticizing bodhisattvas

Cultivating compassion by differentiating between the person and his or her actions.

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Workplace Wisdom

Work

Applying the Dharma in the workplace, Ken Mondal offers us his personal experience.

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Family and Friends

Teaching children by example

Actions speak louder than words. Our children will learn loving-kindness, forgiveness, and patience only though…

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Venerable Chodron holding a baby.
Family and Friends

Baby blessing ceremony

A ceremony to welcome babies and children to their Dharma friends and family.

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Woman with her hand over her mouth.
Speaking Wisely and Kindly

Speaking of the faults of others

Belief in the faults of others and ourselves lead to missed opportunities for love.

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A man sitting outside, meditating.
Speaking Wisely and Kindly

Antidotes for the complaining mind

Applying antidotes to our habit of complaining increases tolerance and helps others.

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Family and Friends

Planned parenting

Becoming a parent can be of incredible benefit by transmitting from generation to generation the…

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Cultivating Healthy Relationships

Practicing bodhicitta

Making our practice of bodhicitta personal by relating it to daily life.

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Young woman smiling, helping a young man on the computer.
Workplace Wisdom

Work retreat

Using the workplace as a springboard to noticing our mental state, being aware of any…

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Two women give each other a high five while offering service at Sravasti Abbey.
Family and Friends

Cultivating equanimity

Cultivating healthy relationships based on loving-kindness and equanimity instead of attachment.

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Two women give each other a high five while offering service at Sravasti Abbey.
Family and Friends

Qualities of a friend

Characteristics of true friends and false friends, using this not only to recognize our friends…

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Two women give each other a high five while offering service at Sravasti Abbey.
Family and Friends

Attachment and its effects

Teachings on the dangers of attachment and difference between attachment vs love.

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