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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Healing Anger

Working with jealousy

Verses from Shantideva's "Engaging in a Bodhisattva's Deeds" on how to counteract jealousy by rejoicing.

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young man in forest meditating
Prison Dharma

The grief and resilience of a mother

A mother writes about taking refuge in the Dharma after her son's breakdown.

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Logo for The Yoga Hour.
Cultivating Compassion

The way of compassion

A conversational talk on compassion for The Yoga Hour with Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian.

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Cover of book 'An open-hearted life'.
Cultivating Compassion

The happiness of an open-hearted life

By opening our heart to others our life becomes more meaningful and harmonious. A look…

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Karuna the cat sits on a meditation cushion.
Cultivating Compassion

Our capacity for kindness

Cultivating compassion for specific groups of people and how this inner work transforms our everyday…

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Karuna the cat sits on a meditation cushion.
Cultivating Compassion

Becoming our own best friend

How to cultivate a healthy long-term friendship with ourselves. Learning to recognize the self-centered thought…

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Karuna the cat sits on a meditation cushion.
Cultivating Compassion

Developing compassion

Definition of compassion and the conditions we already have in place to cultivate it.

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Venerable Chodron and Venerable Samten sitting with a group of inmates in the Medan prison chapel.
By Prison Volunteers

Connecting with incarcerated women in Indonesia

Reflections on a visit together with Venerable Thubten Chodron to a women's prison in Indonesia.

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Heart made of rocks.
Healing Anger

Transforming anger into compassion

Anger isn't subdued by rearranging the world and the beings in it, but through internal…

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