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

Caught up in consumerism

Acquiring things and going into debt does not fill up the empty hole of dissatisfaction.…

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Cultivating Compassion

Transforming the mind with compassion

How to cultivate compassion and transform the mind that insists on taking care of "ME."

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Image of the Wheel of Life.
On Impermanence

Reflections on rebirth

Grappling with the concept of rebirth in our Western culture.

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Young man looking down angrily.
On Working with Afflictions

I’m not an angry person, or am I?

Even when we think we have escaped the three poisons of anger, attachment, and ignorance,…

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Piece of chocolate cake.
Prison Poetry

Big piece

Complaining about our lot just leads to more confinement. An incarcerated person talks about contentment.

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Lights from a car accident at night.
Students' Insights

Hit head-on? Pray!

A student responds to a potentially serious automobile accident.

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Medical professionals performing surgery.
Living with Impermanence

Practicing when having surgery

A monastic at Sravasti Abbey relies on her Dharma practice when facing surgery.

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Mindful Eating

Wisdom you can taste

Practicing mindfulness while we eat helps us to live in the present moment, but our…

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A group of children standing together.
On Cultivating Virtue

Fighting miserliness

Ramesh studies in the Sravasti Abbey Friends Education distance learning program. He shares his thoughts…

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Newly sprouted seeds.
Dharma in Daily Life

Life is like sowing seeds

Interview with Venerable Thubten Chodron by The Times of India at a talk organized by…

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Silhouette of man looking sad.
Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Dealing with situations when things fall apart

By changing our perspective, problems and adversity can become the source of resilience and joy.…

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