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 after a Suicide

Healing after suicide

Reflections on sharing the pain of survivors of a loved one's suicide at the 18th…

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Venerable Chodron sitting in front of altar, in prayer.
Healing after a Suicide

Letter to someone whose son committed suicide

Advice to a student working with difficult emotions after his son with schizophrenia committed suicide.

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Living with Impermanence

Advice for a child with a chronic illness

Advice to a young girl with diabetes on how to transform difficult emotions around her…

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Statue near a pond of a Buddha meditating.
Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Dealing with anxiety

Anxiety can be ameliorated through meditation and kindness towards self and others.

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Living with Impermanence

Death under the bodhi tree

The unexpected death of a monastic at a holy site stirs thoughts of how self-deprecation…

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Dog looking up at owner.
On Refuge and Bodhicitta

The kindness of strangers

A student comes to realize the compassion of sentient beings around him. Then, during retreat,…

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A young woman with palms together.
On Working with Afflictions

A new friendship

A remarkable story of treating a drunken thief with dignity and compassion instead of responding…

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A woman prostrating.
On Refuge and Bodhicitta

The secret to happiness

Reflections on the benefits of doing a three-year retreat, and how letting go of self-cherishing…

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On Impermanence

A treasured possession

A retreatant shares on how she lost a valued piece of jewelry but gained an…

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Organ donation card.
Helping the Dying and Deceased

Organ donation is a personal decision

Contemplating organ donation? Only you can say if it's right or wrong for you, but…

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