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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Zopa Herron Compassion at a juvenile reformatory
A visit to a juvenile facility in Mexico raises doubts and leads to thoughts of…
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Nan McMurray - Jun 18, 2011
Nan McMurray Tibetan Lama visits incarcerated people
Khensur Jampa Tegchog Rinpoche speaks to incarcerated people and answers their questions.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Speaking of the faults of others
Belief in the faults of others and ourselves lead to missed opportunities for love.
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Incarcerated people 
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Venerable Hue Chuyen
- Jun 18, 2011
This hit home
Understanding affliction through an everyday example brings self-awareness and compassion.
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Antidotes for the complaining mind
Applying antidotes to our habit of complaining increases tolerance and helps others.
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Tracy Morgan
- Jun 18, 2011
Taking the vow of celibacy
A student shares her reasons for taking the vow of celibacy as a lay person.
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Prison, life, impermanence
A person in prison describes the experience of solitary confinement and how by taking refuge…
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Working with emotions
Practical advice from personal experience on the medicine to apply to an afflicted mind.
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The hills we climb
An incarcerated person writes about the joyful effort of practice and what it does for…
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