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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Dharma in Daily Life

Be reasonable

How we have to be reasonable in our expectations, and how difficulties make us stronger.

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Sunrise behind barbed wire fence.
By Prison Volunteers

Visit to Airway Heights Correctional Center

A nun visits a correctional facility for the first time in order to participate in…

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Boxes stacked in a room with a wooden floor.
On Refuge and Bodhicitta

There are no enemies

How our Dharma practice can help us with our tendency to classify sentient beings into…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Keep a happy mind

Reflecting on the quote “Try to be happy in your practice and be satisfied in…

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Being an example of wisdom

How to generate the wisdom that understands the law of karma, and the wisdom of…

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Tibetan nuns discussing physics experiments in class.
Science and Buddhism

American professor teaches physics to Tibetan nuns

Physics professor Nicole Ackerman (now Venerable Thubten Rinchen) writes about her experience teaching science to…

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Being an example of love

The difference between love and attachment, and how attachment can become a real stumbling block…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Being an example of peace

How the preconceptions in our own minds make us unpeaceful, and learning to control our…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Living in harmony with one another

Identifying the cause of our disharmony with others and ourselves and working constructively to overcome…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Serve other beings as much as possible

The importance of serving others by practicing and preserving the Dharma, or in any other…

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Share your love, wisdom, and wealth

The importance of learning to distinguish love from attachment so that we can share our…

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