thought transformation
Teachings on lojong or thought training techniques to train the mind to turn difficult circumstances into opportunities for spiritual growth and awakening.
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He meant well, dear
How to meditate on compassion when watching the news generates agitation and anger in your…
View PostAwakening compassion
His Holiness the Dalai Lama's foreword to "Cultivating a Compassionate Heart," on how the Chenrezig…
View Post37 Practices: Verses 29-37
The perfections of concentration and wisdom, and the final verses on the practices of bodhisattvas.
View Post37 Practices: Verses 25-28
The first four of the six perfections. Retreatants share their experiences and growth.
View Post37 Practices: Verses 22-24
Emptiness - how everything exists by being labeled by mind, and the way we choose…
View Post37 Practices: Verses 16-21
Humility; enemies are created by anger; learning to slowly chip away at our -o'holic mind.
View Post37 Practices: Verses 10-15
Recognizing the kindness of all beings, our mothers, and taking our difficult experiences as tools…
View Post37 Practices: Verses 7-9
The relationship with our spiritual mentor is the most important one in our life. An…
View PostDiscriminating wisdom
A discussion covering topics such as "bad friends," dealing with intense emotions, bad dreams, and…
View Post37 Practices: Verses 4-6
Verses describing the miseries of samsara, the importance of thinking about beginningless lives, giving up…
View PostIgnorance, anger, purification
Retreat discussion on topics such as the four distortions, how anger destroys merit, using pain…
View Post37 Practices: Verses 1-3
Making the lamrim personal, changing environments to change negative habits, and relaxing as we see…
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