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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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Love and Self-esteem

Cultivating love

On the difference between love and attachment, and the obstacles to cultivating love.

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Working with Emotions

Helping angry people

We cannot control other people; we can only accept where they are at right now.

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Man standing on dock of lake.
Dealing with Grief

Living with loss

Change is the reality of our existence but we are shocked when it happens. Examining…

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Engaged Buddhism

Compassion in action

A talk given at Jewel Heart Center Chicago, which has just started a new hospital…

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Contentment and Happiness

Inner peace, world peace

How freeing the mind from destructive emotions can change the world.

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Big spiderweb with spider in middle.
On Working with Afflictions

The sneaky self-centered thought

Keith reflects on life and death, self and others.

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Closeup image of a human cell.
On Emptiness

Who am I? Really

Ken wonders about the self.

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Dark statue of Buddha next to a candle.
On Refuge and Bodhicitta

It works!!

Ken rejoices in the results of applying the Dharma in his life.

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Dealing with Grief

The death of a child

Ways to work with the mind in pain when a loved one is here one…

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Melbourne Beach, Florida.
On Mindfulness

All I daydream about is here right now

A reflection on becoming more present, thankful, and mindful in the things we're doing and…

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Firefighters helping someone.
Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Fear about the world

Anxiety about the state of the world can be eased by reflecting on the kindness…

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Responding to Prejudice

Dealing with racism

On Martin Luther King Day, Venerable Thubten Chodron responds to an African-American's student's question on…

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