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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Meeting breast cancer with the Dharma
A student talks about the four teachings that helped her when she had surgery for…
View PostEight verses of thought transformation: Verses 4-5
Looking into our hearts, seeing that we all want happiness and we do not want…
View PostEight verses of thought transformation: Verses 1-3
Seeing others as karmic bubbles in order to loosen our rigid conception of them.
View PostContemplating death
The benefit of contemplating our death, the disadvantages of not contemplating our death, and a…
View PostRelying on a spiritual friend
What it means to rely on a spiritual mentor, considering the benefit a teacher brings…
View PostHow to keep meditation interesting
Discussion on topics such as how afflictions develop, the meaning of clarity and awareness, describing…
View PostPurpose of thought training
How we can make friends with the buddhas, and how to handle periods of uncertainty.
View PostRenunciation and compassion
The mind at death, the nourishing of karma, and how renunciation and compassion are two…
View PostThe self and the aggregates
When the conception of "I" exists there is action, from action there is also birth,…
View PostConception of “I”
How all beings arise from the conception of "I" and are enveloped with the conception…
View PostAbandoning nonvirtue, practicing virtue
Avoiding the ten nonvirtues is the basis for practicing ethical conduct. How taking precepts in…
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