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 Tarpa Compassionate understanding of emotions
How a compassionate understanding of how emotions play out in our minds gives us a…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Being a Dharma community
There is value in practicing and meditating with others. When we participate in our Dharma…
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Mary Grace Lentz 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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Luis - Jul 17, 2018
Luis The great illusion of duality
The extremes of reward and terror are but illusions. In a poem, a student examines…
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Mindful awareness
Mindful awareness helps us to observe, accept and take responsibility for our emotions, so we…
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Straight and clean clear
The importance of not wasting our time on things that don't matter, and cultivating a…
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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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It’s never too late
Avoiding the laziness of discouragement and using our time to practice wisely no matter how…
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Venerable Thubten Nyima Getting rid of my buttons
Wrong conceptions lie at the root of many of the problems we encounter in dealing…
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Be reasonable
How we have to be reasonable in our expectations, and how difficulties make us stronger.
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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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