ethical conduct

Teachings on ethical conduct, a fundamental Buddhist practice that is based on avoiding harmful actions and engaging in constructive actions.

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Cultivating Healthy Relationships

Cultivating better relationships

Practical ways to improve relationships through good ethical conduct and communication.

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Venerable Tarpa in a group discussion at the Abbey.
Working with Emotions

Buddhism and therapy

Bringing the Dharma into the practice of Western psychotherapy.

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Cover of Guided Meditations on the Lamrim Outline booklet.
Guided Meditations

Guided meditations on the lamrim

A step-by-step guide to the meditations associated with the lamrim, the gradual path to enlightenment.

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Guided Meditations

Guided meditations on the lamrim in Spanish

Introduction to the Buddhist view Mind is the source of happiness and pain Mind is…

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Books

Karma: cause and effect

An excerpt from the book "Buddhism for Beginners" explaining how karma leaves imprints upon our…

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Books

About Venerable Bhikshuni Wu Yin

Brief biography of vinaya master Venerable Bhikshuni Wu Yin whose commentary on the Bhikshuni pratimoksha…

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Books

Monastic life: a living tradition

The story behind "Choosing Simplicity," a commentary by vinaya master Venerable Bhikshuni Wu Yin on…

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Books

Reviews of “Choosing Simplicity”

Praise for the book "Choosing Simplicity: A Commentary on the Bhikshuni Pratimoksha."

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Medicine Buddha in a painted representation of the universe.
Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2000

Medicine Buddha vows 5-7

Explaining what it means to keep good ethical discipline, and having compassion for others' suffering.

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Science and Buddhism

The Mind and Life VIII conference: Destructive emotions

A perennial human predicament: the nature and destructive potential of “negative” emotions.

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Blossoms of the Dharma

The Theravada sangha goes west

The birth of a Thai Monastery in England. How the female community created a new…

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Portrait of Bhikshuni Tsultrim Palmo.
Blossoms of the Dharma

Life in Gampo Abbey—Western style

A description of the practices and commitments of the residents of Gampo Abbey.

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