guilt

Teachings on working with the feeling of guilt from a Buddhist perspective.

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Cultivating Compassion

Healing the mind

How to cultivate compassion in healthy and sustainable ways that benefit both ourselves and others.

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Dark clouds with a little blue sky showing through
On Self-Worth

Being present

A person in prison reflects on taking inventory of the past, present, and future, and…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 10: Misleading friends

Misleading friends appear kind but encourage us away from our ethics and principles and can…

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Venerable Chodron teaching.
Forgiveness

Forgiving ourselves and others

How to cultivate forgiveness by first accepting our own imperfections and mistakes and extending compassion…

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Bodhisattva Ethical Restraints

Bodhisattva ethical restraints: Auxiliary vows 8-10

The first of the vows concerning far-reaching ethical conduct have to do with our relationship…

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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2011-12

The four opponent powers: Part 1

An overview of the four opponent powers, the benefits of doing purification practice, and a…

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Venerable Chodron sitting in front of altar, in prayer.
Healing after a Suicide

Letter to someone whose son committed suicide

Advice to a student working with difficult emotions after his son with schizophrenia committed suicide.

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Thangka image of the 35 Buddhas.
Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas

The Sutra of the Three Heaps

The purification practice of prostration to the 35 Buddhas removes emotional burdens and pacifies obstacles…

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Statue of 1000 armed Chenrezig made of wood.
108 Verses on Compassion

108 Verses: Verses 52-53

Developing an understanding of our lives and making decisions that give us long-term benefits.

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Three gosslings sitting together.
On Impermanence

The goslings and the terrier

Disaster strikes, forcing a student to make a difficult decision.

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