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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Thubten Jampel How spirituality changed my life
A formerly incarcerated person discusses his path to spirituality, before and after prison.
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Reverend Kalen McAllister Karma, confusion and clarity
A prison chaplain reflects on the difficulty of working with incarcerated people and the homeless.
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Incarcerated people 
Just another day at work
A prison chaplain recounts how she was mistaken for a prison escapee while at work.
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Jobekah Trotta - Jun 18, 2011
Jobekah Trotta A remarkable story
A mother's story of how her son was changed by reading a Dharma book and…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Are Buddhists ambitious?
Ambition and the Buddhist path. Distinguishing between postive and negative ambition.
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Power to hope, power to heal
An incarcerated person describes the beauty that results from compassionate actions.
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Juliet
- Jun 18, 2011
Gasp! I was the angry person you were talking about!
Seeing our attachment to anger is the first step to transforming it.
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Chocolate frosting and garbage
Not getting bogged down in words and labels. Connecting with people through our path and…
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Not feeding the fire
Within a small space, in a tense situation, a person in prison shares his struggle…
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The origin of “The Jew in the Lotus”
Reflections on the historic 1990 meeting between American and Israeli Jewish leaders and His Holiness…
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