Dharma in Action

<p data-fontsize="16" data-kx-storage="{">The real meaning of Dharma practice is to transform our minds. The rubber meets the road when we get off the cushion and live our practice in daily life.</p>

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Venerable Chodron, smiling.
Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Living without fear

Identifying and managing fear and anxiety can liberate us to generate greater compassion towards others.

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A cartoon drawing of a person in jail clothes(black and white stripes) trap inside bars surrounded by the words:Fear, Anger, Pain, Innocent, Shame and Trust.
Prison Dharma

Prison Dharma

Reflections on visiting incarcerated people to share the Dharma in prisons throughout the United States

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The Dhamek Stupa under clear blue sky with Tibetan prayer flags in front.
On Refuge and Bodhicitta

In the footsteps of the Buddha

An Israeli Buddhist embarks on a walking pilgrimage to to Bodhgaya and discovers the joy…

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Parents and their two young children have fun in the snow at Sravasti Abbey.
Family and Friends

Communication and understanding conflict styles

People deal with conflict differently, and it is helpful to know and understand what's really…

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Parents and their two young children have fun in the snow at Sravasti Abbey.
Family and Friends

Wanting to fix others

How looking at our problems and addressing them is more beneficial than trying to fix…

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Parents and their two young children have fun in the snow at Sravasti Abbey.
Family and Friends

Love and attachment

How to not only recognize the difference between love and attachment but how to be…

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Buddhist monastics of different traditions sitting in a discussion group.
Interfaith Dialogue

Interfaith philosophies

Clarifying the various Buddhist views on what the present and future lives mean.

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Venerable Chodron in conversation with Dr. Steven Vannoy.
By Prison Volunteers

Teaching meditation in the prison system

Steven Vannoy taught Buddhism and meditation to incarcerated people. He got a psychology degree to…

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21st Century Buddhists

Balancing the spiritual and material

Teaching on finding the middle way between the two extremes of asceticism and indulgence.

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Healing Anger

Working with anger

Teaching on the disadvantages of anger and how to work with it.

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