Meditation
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Love your neighbor
A meditation on extending a sense of care and affection to people whom we find…
View PostMind is the source of happiness and suffering
Creating emotional space from situations we find disturbing so as to transform our negative emotions.
View PostGrateful mind, happy mind
Skillful ways to transform the dissatisfied mind into one that is content and happy.
View PostForgiving ourselves
Overcoming low self-esteem and self-criticism to realize our full potential.
View PostThe mindfulness craze
Clarifying how the classical Buddhist presentation of mindfulness differs from how mindfulness is taught for…
View PostCompassion burnout
Identifying the near enemy of compassion--the feeling of burnout that happens when the self-centered thought…
View PostPurification: The four opponent powers
A psychological tool for self-forgiveness and making amends for our negative actions of body, speech,…
View PostParting from the Four Clingings
Verses describing what to practice and what to abandon along the path to awakening.
View PostWhy do we lie?
Reflecting on the actions and mental states that drive us to distort the truth, and…
View PostBeyond blame
How to move beyond blaming others and ourselves, and how an understanding of causal dependence…
View PostWhat is karma?
A meditation for the Daily Dharma Gathering on the four general characteristics of karma.
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