Dharma in Action
The real meaning of Dharma practice is to transform our minds. The rubber meets the road when we get off the cushion and live our practice in daily life.
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Guided meditation on examining anger
Meditation on examining the experience of anger and how it affects us.
View PostBuddhist wisdom for managing our emotions
How disturbing emotions keep us bound in samsara and two methods for managing anger.
View PostCultivating inner peace
How transforming our mind enables us to create peace in a chaotic world.
View PostAnger, imputations and assumptions
We impute meaning on things and expect others to agree without clarifying.
View PostAnger and the self-centered mind
How to oppose the self-centered mind and more techniques for dealing with anger.
View PostContemplating the faults of anger
Two faults of anger to contemplate and why Buddhahood depends on even cockroaches.
View PostAnger and attachment are equally unhelpful
How anger and attachment cause us to exaggerate and project qualities onto people and things.
View PostMind training in adverse circumstances
How to apply the Dharma to turn your mind when suffering from illness.
View PostBringing Dharma to the West in the 21st century
Questions about the function of Dharma communities and how lay people and monastics can support…
View PostCompassion in our country
How harming others is actually harming ourselves and the importance of compassion.
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