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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Venerable Thubten Semkye Meditating on equanimity
A meditation on equanimity, in which we imagine those whom we currently find challenging in…
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Venerable Thubten Samten Composed compassion
How to take responsibility for cultivating compassion in our own lives.
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Mindfulness of death and impermanence
Maintaining an awareness of death and impermanence brings energy to making our life meaningful and…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Dealing with anger using mind training
When we're angry our view of the situation is an exaggeration. Looking at the situation…
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Counteracting anger with compassion
Recognizing there are no benefits to anger. Counteracting angry states of mind by viewing others…
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Incarcerated people My prison education
If you can open yourself up to another person’s suffering, you are quickly motivated to…
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The downside of anger
Real freedom is an inner-state—freedom from afflicted mental states. When we are free from anger…
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Changing perspective to undermine anger
Using thought transformation practices to see others and difficult situations more realistically decreases anger because…
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Disarming the mind
The more we can develop compassion and fortitude, the more resistant we are to anger.
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Venerable Thubten Nyima Buddhist Advice for Ruling a Kingdom
As Nagarjuna explained 2000 years ago, it is possible, and indeed auspicious, to base governmental…
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The power of respect
The importance of valuing each others' goodness especially in the current political climate.
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“An Open-Hearted Life”: Foreword by the ...
In the foreword to the book His Holiness the Dalai Lama explains why compassion is…
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