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Working with Emotions

Making our minds receptive to the Dharma

Prayer in Buddhism is a collaborative effort. What we are doing when asking the Buddhas…

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Working with Emotions

The purpose of a spiritual mentor

How we may adapt a 12-step recovery program with Buddhist views on self-reliance for our…

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Four Establishments of Mindfulness Retreat

Mindfulness and lamrim meditation

How the four establishments of mindfulness practice fits with the Stages of the Path to…

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Making Offerings

Taking down offerings

The third of three talks about how to set up an altar at home covers…

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Making Offerings

Water bowl offering

The second of three talks about how to set up an altar at home covers…

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Making Offerings

How to set up an altar

The first of three talks about how to set up an altar at home explains…

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Refuge in the Three Jewels

The concept of refuge

A short teaching on what refuge means, why we take refuge and what we're taking…

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Building Trust

How do we make ourselves trustworthy?

A look at ways of cultivating qualities that make us more trustworthy.

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Building Trust

On marital separation

How to work with the mind when going through separation in relationships.

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Building Trust

Don’t trust me to fly a plane!

We can create unreasonable expectations of others, and trust them more than they can bear.…

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Building Trust

Forgiving after a betrayal

When trust has been broken, the best antidote is forgiveness. We don't forget, but we…

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