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

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A young woman with palms together.
On Working with Afflictions

A new friendship

A remarkable story of treating a drunken thief with dignity and compassion instead of responding…

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A woman prostrating.
On Refuge and Bodhicitta

The secret to happiness

Reflections on the benefits of doing a three-year retreat, and how letting go of self-cherishing…

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A wooden keepsake box.
On Impermanence

A treasured possession

A retreatant shares on how she lost a valued piece of jewelry but gained an…

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Woman with palms together.
On Cultivating Virtue

Serving one’s spiritual mentor

How a Dharma student’s motivation was strengthened by offering service to her teacher.

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A group of people, hugging.
Dharma Poetry

Falling in love with everyone

A poem on loving all sentient beings.

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Zopa Herron working at the computer.
On Taking Illness Onto the Path

Advice for upcoming surgery

A student shares on the practices that helped her to face breast cancer and undergo…

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Woman holding flowers.
On Working with Afflictions

Getting back on track

Studying the Dharma can give us insight into how our self-imposed pain leads to more…

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An empty hospital bed.
On Taking Illness Onto the Path

Journey to the operating room and beyond

A student shares how he used the Dharma to work with fear and pain when…

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On Working with Afflictions

Gasp! I was the angry person you were talking about!

Seeing our attachment to anger is the first step to transforming it.

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Closeup photo of Brother Hue Chuyen.
On Working with Afflictions

This hit home

Understanding affliction through an everyday example brings self-awareness and compassion.

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Tracy helping raise prayer flags at the Abbey.
On Cultivating Virtue

Taking the vow of celibacy

A student shares her reasons for taking the vow of celibacy as a lay person.

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A white Buddha statue on the lawn at the Abbey.
Dharma Poetry

On the backdrop of time

A student summarizes his Dharma insights in a poem on the Buddha's beginningless love.

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