wisdom
Teachings on how to cultivate wisdom on many different levels, ranging from the wisdom that understands karma and its effects, the four truths, and how to benefit others, to the wisdom realizing the ultimate nature of reality.
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The perfection of joyous effort
How to build a strong foundation for our spiritual practice with joyous effort.
View PostThree kinds of ethical conduct
Three kinds of ethical conduct and eleven groups of people to benefit when we can.
View PostLetting go of worldly concerns
How to overcome grasping at worldly concerns to find true happiness.
View PostRepaying the kindness of others
The limitations of personal liberation and the happiness of working for the benefit of others.
View PostSamsara is not a vacation
Seeing the kindness of others motivates us to work towards liberation for their benefit.
View PostKeeping a long-term perspective
It's critical that we keep a long-term motivation instead of the happiness of this life…
View PostBuddhist wisdom for managing our emotions
How disturbing emotions keep us bound in samsara and two methods for managing anger.
View PostAnger and the self-centered mind
How to oppose the self-centered mind and more techniques for dealing with anger.
View PostBringing Dharma to the West in the 21st century
Questions about the function of Dharma communities and how lay people and monastics can support…
View PostSeeing things clearly
Examining conventional and ultimate existence and searching for an inherent self.
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