Dharma in Daily Life

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Healing after a Suicide

Supporting a suicidal person

More on how to support someone who is suicidal, in line with National Suicide Prevention…

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Healing after a Suicide

Suicide prevention awareness

Venerable Thubten Chodron shares resources in anticipation of suicide prevention day on September 10.

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Elderly woman picking tomatoes from garden.
Living with Impermanence

How to age happily

We will take the mental habits we cultivate now into our old age, so it…

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Young people knead bread together in the Sravasti Abbey kitchen.
Mindful Eating

The heart connection between monastics and laypeople

The verses for laypeople who offer food to nourish the sangha, and the sangha which…

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Young people knead bread together in the Sravasti Abbey kitchen.
Mindful Eating

Buddhist precepts regarding food

The Buddhist perspective on fasting and how practitioners keep Buddhist precepts related to food.

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Young people knead bread together in the Sravasti Abbey kitchen.
Mindful Eating

Dedicating for the benefit of all

The completion of the commentary on the verses after lunch, pointing out all the beings…

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Young people knead bread together in the Sravasti Abbey kitchen.
Mindful Eating

The emptiness of giving

How to contemplate depending arising and emptiness while making offerings.

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Young people knead bread together in the Sravasti Abbey kitchen.
Mindful Eating

The merit of offering food and drink

A continuing teaching on dedications that we make for all those who have offered us…

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Young people knead bread together in the Sravasti Abbey kitchen.
Mindful Eating

Verses after meals

An explanation of the mantras done after meals and dedication prayers for all beings.

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