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

The formula for happiness

In searching for happiness we need to cultivate our ability to love people more openly,…

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On Working with Afflictions

It comes from our mind

A 17-year-old student from Singapore shares his insights on working with anger.

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Contentment and Happiness

The love of money

How attachment to wealth breeds anxiety and dissatisfaction, and how contentment with what we have…

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Two men hugging.
On Cultivating Virtue

Be there for the right reasons

The motives behind your actions are important. Are you motivated by your ego? Buddhism teaches…

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Contentment and Happiness

Love people, not pleasure

In the search for happiness, attachment to fame and reputation is a major cause of…

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Heather standing in front of an exhibit at the presidential museum.
On Refuge and Bodhicitta

Making a real difference

Because we're in the realm of samsara, we can't escape suffering. Only one thing will…

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Responding to Prejudice

Is this America, or a war zone?

Reflections on the riots in Ferguson, Missouri and the response by the police.

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A hand-made blue blanket with a white lotus in the center.
Prison Dharma

Dharma artwork by incarcerated people

People in prison express their creativity and devotion to the Dharma through beautiful works of…

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Jon Owen, reading a book at the Abbey.
On Refuge and Bodhicitta

A prayer for refuge to a light within

Faced with the drawbacks of worldliness, a student aspires always to remember where to turn.

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Blue sky behind prison razor wire.
Prison Poetry

Think about it

If you are incarcerated, are you necessarily in a prison?

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Venerable Chodron standing with inmates at SCCC prison in Licking, Missouri.
Prison Dharma

Photos with incarcerated people

Venerable Chodron has visited approximately 30 prisons in the US and several in Asia and…

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Cultivating Compassion

Moving toward compassion

The obstacles that we experience when cultivating compassion and how to overcome them.

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