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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Venerable Thubten Chodron Purifying our wrong actions
Explanation of generating regret for our past actions and making a determination not to repeat…
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Craving for pleasures
How we cling to sense pleasures, our own ways of doing things, and examining if…
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Ethical conduct and motivation
The meaning of happiness, how anger and attachment cause suffering, and the benefits of a…
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Incarcerated people Buddha’s door
In meditation, a person in prison reflects on his experience of freedom and compassion for…
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A long-awaited vacation
How Dharma offered an important choice for an incarcerated person to transform.
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Cultivating emotional balance
Focusing on our own problems only makes them worse. Expanding our view to consider other…
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A peaceful heart in a complex world
Changing relationships can begin with kindness in action, speech and thought.
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Happy birthday, Mom
A simple birthday song to an incarcerated person's mother brings happiness.
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Better than a hell realm
A person in prison makes use of the tonglen practice while participating in the retreat…
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