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Making Offerings

The Gift of Offering Service

Offering service is our chance to give something of value to the Three Jewels.

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Monastic Life

Our top three priorities

By understanding impermanence and emptiness, our bodhicitta motivation becomes clear.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Questions and answers on meditation

Teaching from Chapter 7, responding to questions on meditating on the dying process and how…

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Monastic Life

Being easy to speak to

Being humble means respecting and appreciating different ways of thinking.

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Monastic Life

Skillfully connecting with others

Being mindful of our speech and movements is essential to benefiting others.

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Monastic Life

Being mindful of our precepts and values

Our real practice is to reformat how we think and then change our lives.

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Monastic Life

Imbued with the Buddhist worldview

How the monastic mind is imbued with the Buddhist worldview and differs from worldly values.

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Monastic Life

Being mindful of the kindness of others

Being aware of the kindness of others inspires us to develop patience and tolerance.

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21st Century Buddhists

21st-century Buddhists

Ethical conduct and compassion are the keys to happiness for ourselves and for all sentient…

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Dharma Poetry

I love problems

Making up a list of things to fix (in other people). Is this where joy…

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Harmony with the Environment

Caring for our only home

It is important to care for the environment we live in, not only for our…

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