thought transformation
Teachings on lojong or thought training techniques to train the mind to turn difficult circumstances into opportunities for spiritual growth and awakening.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Overcoming ill will
How to identify the hindrance of ill will and work with it to calm the…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Humility, transparency, and self-acceptance
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal reflects on the Exploring Monastic Life program and how it supports the…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Unravelling our hallucinations
Venerable Thubten Chonyi shares how the meditation on the mind as the source of our…
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Karma: The boomerang effect
Learning about karma can help us to create the causes for happiness and avoid the…
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How karma influences our lives
The teachings on karma are very practical. When we see that our experience is a…
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Our contribution to peace
How self-grasping lies at the root of violence in America, and why realizing emptiness can…
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The best antidote
Why understanding that all phenomena are dependent arisings and empty of inherent existence is the…
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Applying the teachings to our minds
A different perspective on the teaching to observe our minds, in terms of applying the…
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Observing your own mind
How to pay attention to our different mental states and whether they are in line…
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Banishing bad habits
The role of mindfulness and introspective awareness in helping us work with our disturbing emotions.
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