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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An Open-Hearted Life

Mindful awareness

Mindful awareness helps us to observe, accept and take responsibility for our emotions, so we…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Straight and clean clear

The importance of not wasting our time on things that don't matter, and cultivating a…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Don’t be afraid of death

Developing a wisdom fear of death and cultivating a mind that makes use of our…

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Dharma in Daily Life

It’s never too late

Avoiding the laziness of discouragement and using our time to practice wisely no matter how…

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Person's finger pushing a button in an elevator.
Healing Anger

Getting rid of my buttons

Wrong conceptions lie at the root of many of the problems we encounter in dealing…

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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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Dharma in Daily Life

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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