Students' Insights
Students share how they integrate the Dharma into their daily lives and to face challenging situations.
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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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Venerable Thubten Lamsel 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
Tracy's Dad 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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To reach potential
A meditation on the folly of self-absorption and the constant striving for attainment.
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My karma beatdown
A karmic payback incident shows how to avoid suffering by avoiding those negative actions that…
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Venerable Thubten Ngawang Self-acceptance
A student contemplates connecting with his own experience in order to develop compassion for others.
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