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We all can overcome our wrong views
A story of a man who used to be a white supremacist and transformed his…
View PostBodhisattva versus white supremacist
Venerable Thubten Chodron comments on the Charlottesville protest rally.
View PostDo I really want to change?
Real change requires effort, not just an intellectual understanding of the situation.
View PostIt’s never hopeless
A response to a student's email about how to find hope and wisdom in times…
View PostBuddhist practice in the West
Interview on topics such as the role of monastics, compassion and the world, a simple…
View PostThe intention to lie
The intention to deceive is present when we lie, but it's often so subtle that…
View PostAttributes of true paths: Accomplishment and irrever...
The last two attributes of true paths and encouragement to meditate on all 16 attributes.
View PostAttributes of true paths: Path and suitable
Why it's important to know that there is a path to liberation and that it…
View PostAttributes of true cessations: Magnificent and Freedom
Why nirvana is magnificent and definite emergence from cyclic existence.
View PostAttributes of true cessations: Cessation and peace
Venerable Thubten Chodron teaches on the first two attributes of true cessations.
View PostAttributes of true origins: Conditions
How craving and karma function as conditions that create suffering in cyclic existence as well.
View PostAttributes of true origins: Strong producers
The importance of keeping in mind how our suffering is caused by our ignorance, afflictions,…
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