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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Incarcerated people Daishin, big mind
We can embrace our experiences, whether difficult or pleasant, in a way that is neither…
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Mary Grace Lentz - Jul 16, 2007
Mary Grace Lentz Setting a good motivation for surgery
A student shares how setting a strong virtuous motivation transformed her experience of undergoing brain…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Cultivating contentment
How contentment cannot be found in external possessions and relationships but stems from developing our…
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama and compassion
Looking to His Holiness the Dalai Lama as an example for our own lives.
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The source of happiness and problems
What is real happiness? We think happiness comes from external situations and objects, but the…
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The reality of adversity
Learn to smile and let go instead of flipping out, even in the most difficult…
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Sitting with difficulty
An incarcerated person describes the benefit of sitting with discomfort and sharing the suffering of…
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The pajama room
A person in prison experiences a spiritual awakening unlike any he had anticipated.
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