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Shadow of a Hiker
Ethics in the Modern World

A long obedience

Exodus isn't just about liberation from slavery, it's also about rebinding. Just laws, or taking…

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Thought Training

What suffering does

While people seek happiness, many feel shaped through suffering. Suffering brings us out of ourselves…

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Venerable Thubten Chodron giving a talk in Chicago Jewel Heart Center.
Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

Eight verses of mind training: Verses 3-6

Explaining different afflictive emotions and their respective antidotes. Using difficult people and situations for our…

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Venerable Thubten Chodron giving a talk in Chicago Jewel Heart Center.
Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

Eight verses of mind training: Verse 2

Discussion on forgiving and apologizing. Seeing that cherishing others is the source of happiness and…

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Venerable Thubten Chodron giving a talk in Chicago Jewel Heart Center.
Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

Eight verses of mind training: Verse 1

Our mind creates our experience of happiness or suffering based on how we interpret the…

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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2014

Transforming unpleasant feelings

Discusses the difference between unpleasant feelings that arise from virtuous versus non-virtuous minds. Using wisdom…

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Books

Book launch: “Don’t Believe Everything Y...

A write-up on the book launch of "Don't Believe Everything You Think" in Singapore together…

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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2014

Karma, formative action, and volitional factors

Deciphers the difference between Dharma terms related to karma and illuminates how this understanding is…

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Dealing with Grief

Dealing with grief and loss

Fresh perspectives on how to work with changes that we do not welcome.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Review of Chapter 6: Part 1

A review of Chapter 6 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle Way" focuses on…

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Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

Acting with wisdom and compassion

Acting with wisdom, learning to concede, and accepting personal responsibility for our actions.

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Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

Transforming arrogance and anger

The importance of taming our arrogance and catching our disturbing attitudes through mindfulness and introspective…

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