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 Consumerism and happiness
Questioning how society defines happiness based on what we possess, and examining how consumerism influences…
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Offering precepts in prison
Connecting with an incarcerated person leads to offering precepts in an Ohio prison.
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The Mind and Life VIII conference: Destructive emotions
A perennial human predicament: the nature and destructive potential of “negative” emotions.
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Seattle
Reflections on the continued peace effort following the end of apartheid.
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Peter Aronson Reflections of a Jewish Buddhist
International journalist Peter Aronson compares teachings and traditions in Judaism, the religion of his upbringing,…
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My true religion is kindness
An interview with Rinchen Khandro Chogyel on her life of socially engaged Buddhism.
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Compassion through the dying process
Many issues surround the end of life for caregivers as well as the dying. A…
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How to benefit from Dharma talks
Pithy advice on how to bring forward what we learn from listening to Dharma teachings.
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Steven Vannoy and Samia Shalabi - Jun 11, 1995
Steven Vannoy and Samia Shalabi A celebration of love
A Buddhist couple share on the format of their wedding celebration, which included guided meditations…
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A Buddhist marriage blessing
Practices that couples getting married can do to make merit and share their deepest aspirations…
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama The value of a disciplined way of life
Buddha's monastic precepts and their similarities to the Christian practice.
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