Vajrasattva
Vajrasattva combines the wisdom and compassion of all the buddhas and supports us in purifying past negativities.
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Ethical conduct in the workplace
Response to a retreatant from afar who wrote in with a question about having to…
View PostDropping our garbage
Shares insights from working with pain, illness, and purification during Vajrasattva retreat.
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Discusses whether or not one should lie if it is expected as part of one's…
View PostCommunicating with a Dharma friend who has dementia
Responds to a query on how to help a suffering friend calm her mind and…
View PostCultivating love on Valentine’s Day
Shares thoughts on how to cultivate love for all sentient beings, including our enemies, on…
View PostBelieving what others believe about us
Responds to a question on how we are conditioned by what others believe about us…
View PostDealing with spirits and sickness
Responds to a question on how the Vajrasattva practice helps us to purify harm from…
View PostLife support or not?
Responds to a question about going on life support, which prolongs life by artificial means.
View PostThe Five Dhyani Buddhas
Responds to a question on the symbolism of the Five Dhyani Buddhas in the purification…
View PostTransforming unpleasant feelings
Discusses the difference between unpleasant feelings that arise from virtuous versus non-virtuous minds. Using wisdom…
View PostResponding to pleasant feelings
Discusses how to respond to pleasant feelings without attachment but with the wish to give…
View PostHow renunciation brings happiness
Shares a message from Lama Zopa Rinpoche to the International Mahayana Institute sangha, and speaks…
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