Dharma in Daily Life

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

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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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Participants connect during group discussion.
Healing after a Suicide

Healing after suicide

Reflections on sharing the pain of survivors of a loved one's suicide at the 18th…

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Venerable Chodron sitting in front of altar, in prayer.
Healing after a Suicide

Letter to someone whose son committed suicide

Advice to a student working with difficult emotions after his son with schizophrenia committed suicide.

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Living with Impermanence

Advice for a child with a chronic illness

Advice to a young girl with diabetes on how to transform difficult emotions around her…

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Living with Impermanence

Death under the bodhi tree

The unexpected death of a monastic at a holy site stirs thoughts of how self-deprecation…

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Organ donation card.
Helping the Dying and Deceased

Organ donation is a personal decision

Contemplating organ donation? Only you can say if it's right or wrong for you, but…

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Dealing with Grief

A prayer for my mother

The loss of a loved one can be painful. Help soothe the pain with this…

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Hand turning large prayer wheels.
Helping the Dying and Deceased

Practicing for a loved one who is ill

Advice for a student struggling with her Dharma practice since the onset of her mother's…

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A man using his hand shielding his mouth, in deep thinking.
Dharma in Daily Life

Who is making this decision, anyway?

The criteria that help us make Dharma-inspired decisions and how reflecting on emptiness can give…

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