Students' Insights
Students share how they integrate the Dharma into their daily lives and to face challenging situations.
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Luis - Nov 26, 2017
The meaning of heart
A student reflects on the meaning of our heart connection to one another.
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Luis
- Nov 7, 2017
Finally freeing myself from being a prisoner of love
A student of Venerable Chodron's writes about the futility of attachment to others in our…
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C J
- Oct 30, 2017
A letter to my teacher
A young person reflects on the reasons he took refuge with Venerable Chodron.
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Kenneth Mondal We are all prisoners
We are prisoners of our own minds. Ignorance, anger, and attachment are every bit as…
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Rebecca B.
- Aug 26, 2017
Hold me close
A student's poem analyzes how our personal attachments hold us back from developing compassion for…
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What is the truth?
What lessons can we take away from current politicians who bend the truth to fit…
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Tracy's Dad
- Jul 25, 2017
Anger not nice
An 88-year-old father of one of Venerable Chodron's students writes a poem to explain what…
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With our thoughts we make the world
We can get lost in the bad news of the day. A student reflects on…
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Ron T.
- Jul 14, 2017
Learning from illness
A Dharma student contemplates his experiences while in the hospital.
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A meaningful life
After a lifetime of looking for meaning in life, a student turns to the Dharma…
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Cultivating equanimity
How does one deal with one's own judgmental mind? A student examines the benefits of…
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Clean up my act
A recent increase in hate crimes causes a Dharma student to reflect on where hate…
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