mindfulness
Teachings on mindfulness, a mental factor that enables the mind to stay on its chosen object. These include teachings on mindfulness in developing concentration and keeping ethical conduct.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Practicing Buddhist mindfulness
The practice of mindfulness from a Buddhist perspective. How mindfulness should be linked with ethical…
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Counteracting habitual mental patterns
We can accept the person we are now and create the causes to become the…
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Bob Wilson Aging gracefully and with gratitude
Bob shares some of the practices (Dharma and other) that have benefited him throughout his…
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Transforming aging and illness into the path
One of Venerable Chodron's long-time students contemplates acceptance and slowing down.
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Building confidence to live your life to the fullest
What it means to have confidence, and how to develop stable self-confidence through self-acceptance and…
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Chapter 7: Verses 59-76
Cultivating the far-reaching practice of joyous effort brings joy to dharma practice and is a…
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The three higher trainings and the eight fold path
The three higher trainings—ethics, concentration and wisdom—are explained with the practices of the eightfold noble…
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Kenneth Mondal 
Some challenges of changing religions
What to do when we find ourselves applying conditioning from our religion of origin to…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Compassionate understanding of emotions
How a compassionate understanding of how emotions play out in our minds gives us a…
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Being a Dharma community
There is value in practicing and meditating with others. When we participate in our Dharma…
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