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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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Ken Mondale at the Abbey setting up an altar with a fellow practitioner.
On Working with Afflictions

The fixer

There is little we can do to correct injustice in the world if our minds…

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Pink teddy bear wearing a pink dotted dress.
By Prison Volunteers

The Teddy Bear Project

A surprise gift from an incarcerated person for one of the Abbey's volunteers.

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An Open-Hearted Life

The power of optimism and types of emotion

How an optimistic attitude is important in maintaining compassion. A look at different ways to…

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama waving to a large crowd at a teaching.
Interfaith Dialogue

Social action and interfaith dialogue

Ways in which we can put our meditations on equanimity into practice to benefit others.

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Dharma in Daily Life

Where cultural identity and interdependence connect

A talk about social harmony and individual happiness through compassion and loving kindness.

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Young man with sad expression looking out a window.
Cultivating Healthy Relationships

False friends

There are four kinds of false friends, who are actually foes in the guise of…

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Sword sticking out of ground with pond in background.
Dharma Poetry

Poems of Human and Spirit

When we spend our time and energy moving between extremes, we are unable to step…

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Prison Poetry

Sravasti Grove

An incarcerated person expresses his gratitude for having met the Dharma.

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An Open-Hearted Life

Compassionate understanding of emotions

How a compassionate understanding of how emotions play out in our minds gives us a…

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Group of monastics and laypeople doing walking meditation.
Cultivating Healthy Relationships

Being a Dharma community

There is value in practicing and meditating with others. When we participate in our Dharma…

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Large truck with Trump bumper sticker.
Students' Insights

Dialoguing with someone who sees things differently ...

A long-time student of Buddhism uses the teachings in a conversation with "the other."

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Dharma Poetry

The great illusion of duality

The extremes of reward and terror are but illusions. In a poem, a student examines…

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