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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Working with jealousy
Verses from Shantideva's "Engaging in a Bodhisattva's Deeds" on how to counteract jealousy by rejoicing.
View PostThe grief and resilience of a mother
A mother writes about taking refuge in the Dharma after her son's breakdown.
View PostThe way of compassion
A conversational talk on compassion for The Yoga Hour with Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian.
View PostThe happiness of an open-hearted life
By opening our heart to others our life becomes more meaningful and harmonious. A look…
View PostOur capacity for kindness
Cultivating compassion for specific groups of people and how this inner work transforms our everyday…
View PostBecoming our own best friend
How to cultivate a healthy long-term friendship with ourselves. Learning to recognize the self-centered thought…
View PostDeveloping compassion
Definition of compassion and the conditions we already have in place to cultivate it.
View PostConnecting with incarcerated women in Indonesia
Reflections on a visit together with Venerable Thubten Chodron to a women's prison in Indonesia.
View PostTransforming anger into compassion
Anger isn't subdued by rearranging the world and the beings in it, but through internal…
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