On Taking Illness Onto the Path
Turning to the Dharma for support when experiencing illness and injury.
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What a wonderful world!
A student reflects on how pain and suffering can be transformed into "little bits of…
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Using the Dharma to manage an unpredictable illness
A students uses her Dharma practice to face adversity, and then uses that same adversity…
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Transforming adversity
When our lives are changed because of illness, we still practice the Dharma.
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My trip to the operating theatre and back
I recently had an infected cyst on my back. It had grown quickly, got infected,…
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Transforming aging and illness into the path
One of Venerable Chodron's long-time students contemplates acceptance and slowing down.
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Learning from illness
A Dharma student contemplates his experiences while in the hospital.
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A wake-up call
A newly-diagnosed health problem brings a practitioner face to face with the reality of impermanence.
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Recognizing our inner beauty
Abbey volunteer Heather Duchscher shares how meeting the Dharma helped her to overcome her eating…
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Healing the body, mind, and world
Dietician Bob Wilson shares how making healthy choices has healed his body and mind, enabling…
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Positive effects of Dharma practice
How a student used practice and meditation to help her through the pain and discomfort…
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Opening new doors of opportunity
A knee injury prevents a student from playing sports, but he comes to see it…
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Practicing with what’s in front of you
When we are faced with caring for loved ones who are ill and suffering, practicing…
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