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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John Meinhofer - Sep 9, 2013
John Meinhofer Opening new doors of opportunity
A knee injury prevents a student from playing sports, but he comes to see it…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Practicing Buddhism in daily life
Applying Dharma techniques whenever possible transforms the mind.
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Practices for the deceased
Practices we can do to benefit those who have recently passed into the bardo so…
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Helping a dying friend
How we can work with our mind, and what prayers and practices we can do…
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Compassion as an antidote to depression
How reaching out to others can improve our own state of mind.
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Kenneth Mondal The kindness of others
When we develop equanimity we can overcome our attachment, anger and apathy and have equal-hearted…
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Caring for ourselves and others
The antidotes to anger, an affliction which blocks our capacity to cultivate compassion.
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Benefits of compassion
The benefits of cultivating compassion and how to meditate to develop compassion towards all sentient…
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A heart of compassion
The meaning of compassion and the importance of distinguishing between compassion and self-centered distress.
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One year after the Aurora shooting
Reflecting with compassion on the one-year anniversary of the Batman movie shooting in Colorado.
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Cultivating compassion in a violent world
Applying the ancient wisdom of a Buddhist philosophical text to bring compassion to situations of…
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The social impact of gun violence
Keeping a calm and compassionate mind in the wake of George Zimmerman's acquittal.
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