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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Contentment and Happiness

What it means to be happy—a talk with young students

Real happiness doesn't come from external things but from developing inner qualities and making the…

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Living with an Open Heart

“Living with an Open Heart”: The vastnes...

Buddhist ideas and techniques to awaken our compassionate motivation and bring our heartfelt aspirations to…

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On Impermanence

My father’s death

A student reflects on the death of his aged father.

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Venerable smiling.
Healing Anger

Healing prejudice

Looking at news headlines, our world seems to be increasingly divided. How healing our minds…

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Ethics in the Modern World

Morality in a modern world

In the modern age, technology enables more ways to engage in the ten paths of…

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Venerable teaching at KMSPKS.
Workplace Wisdom

Practicing compassion in helping professions: A Budd...

How the Buddhist teachings can be used by those in the helping professions to cultivate…

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Cultivating Compassion

“An Open-Hearted Life”: Living with auth...

An important part of living an authentic life is genuine compassion and it is a…

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Healing Anger

Giving up the blame game

How to stop blaming ourselves and others for our problems, develop a broader view of…

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Love and Self-esteem

No need to fake it: Developing true self-confidence

Our good qualities, the basic purity of our mind and inborn potential, are the basis…

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Man sitting on floor, looking sad.
On Refuge and Bodhicitta

So, now what?

Can practicing the Dharma help with how we are feeling about the recent election? A…

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