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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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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Venerable Thubten Chodron 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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Albert Ramos I would normally have been upset
Even a small incident can give us a chance to practice compassion.
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Tears of compassion
A meditation on mindfulness brings strong feelings of compassion for others.
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Kenneth Mondal Clean up my act
A recent increase in hate crimes causes a Dharma student to reflect on where hate…
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The link between anger and arrogance
How developing humility can be an antidote to anger and arrogance.
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Venerable Thubten Lamsel To reach potential
A meditation on the folly of self-absorption and the constant striving for attainment.
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