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 Anger

Working with anger

A discussion about anger from a Buddhist perspective, addressing difficult subjects.

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Working with Emotions

Recognizing negative emotions

Learning to notice negative emotions and navigate difficult situations with mindfulness and compassion.

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Ethics in the Modern World

What is Happiness? (Part 1)

Happiness is a result of acting in an ethical way and living with compassion.

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Ethics in the Modern World

What is Happiness? (Part 2)

As our scientific knowledge advances, it's important to keep ethical conduct as our focus.

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Ethics in the Modern World

What is Happiness? (Part 3)

Happiness comes from our perspective, not from external sense objects or people.

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Dharma in Daily Life

The eight worldly concerns

Examining our attachment and aversion in the eight worldly concerns.

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Dharma in Daily Life

How to create harmony

6 harmonies we can embrace to live peacefully with others in any community.

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Yellow autumn leaf in a puddle of rain water
On Mindfulness

Reflections on my good fortune

That I have been able to communicate with you for this long is very special.…

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Half-full cup of coffee in paper cup.
On Mindfulness

The coffee pot: A test of my tolerance

Here, at the prison where I live, everyone dreads the coffee pot. Unlike a majority…

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Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) smiling, a smiling student offering a khata in the background.
Living with Impermanence

To Geshela with appreciation

I have been thinking a lot about Geshela and I wanted to share some of…

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Ethics in the Modern World

Buddhist ethics in the age of technology

A discussion on how developers can integrate core Buddhist teachings into the design of technology…

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