What it means to be reborn in Amitabha’s Western Pure Land, how to create the causes of being born there and the benefits.
Creating the causes for rebirth in Amitabha’s pure land
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Clarifying misconceptions about compassion
How Lama Tsonkhapa’s teachings help to clarify misconceptions about compassion and why ethical conduct is important in developing compassion and bodhicitta.
“Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature”: Anger and it’s antidotes
Anger is one of the afflictions causing us to revolve in samsara. A commentary on the variations of anger and how to subdue it.
Creating habits for happiness
How to establish daily habits at home and at work that will lead to greater happiness for ourselves and those around us.
“Following in the Buddha’s Footsteps”
To cultivate a correct motivation for practice we need the framework of the Buddhist world view and that view is encapsulated in the four truths.
How a Buddhist deals with burnout
Factors that lead to burnout and how to avoid it in professional work, volunteer work, helping professions and Dharma practice.
Medicine Buddha practice: Mandala offering and request prayers
Guided Medicine Buddha practice. How to guide the mind while reciting the mandala offering and the request prayers.
Medicine Buddha practice: The seven limb prayer
An explanation of the seven-limb prayer in the Medicine Buddha sadhana.
Explanation of the Medicine Buddha practice
An explanation of the visualization and verses of the Medicine Buddha practice. Different ways of approaching the four immeasurables.
Introduction to the four establishments of mindfulness
The purpose of practicing the four establishments of mindfulness, how they correlate with the four truths and dispel distorted conceptions.