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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Working with Anger

Anger and the self-centered mind

How to oppose the self-centered mind and more techniques for dealing with anger.

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Working with Anger

Contemplating the faults of anger

Two faults of anger to contemplate and why Buddhahood depends on even cockroaches.

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Working with Anger

Anger and attachment are equally unhelpful

How anger and attachment cause us to exaggerate and project qualities onto people and things.

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On Refuge and Bodhicitta

Dharma medicine for these times

Cultivating compassion in politically turbulent times.

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21st Century Buddhists

Bringing Dharma to the West in the 21st century

Questions about the function of Dharma communities and how lay people and monastics can support…

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Dharma in Action

Compassion in our country

How harming others is actually harming ourselves and the importance of compassion.

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Ethics in the Modern World

Buddhist Monastic Experience

How Tibetan Buddhism can help modern people live ethically and with compassion.

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Workplace Wisdom

Compassion in the workplace

How to repay the kindness of others using our unique talents and abilities.

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Dharma Poetry

I met a mad man

What it's like to meet a qualified spiritual mentor who changes your life.

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