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 Why am I giving?
Offering service with a long-term view based on bodhicitta. Ways of working on doubts and…
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The seed of enlightenment
Letting go of bias, anger, resentment, and grudges, and how to cultivate equanimity, kindness, and…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 104-106
A look at dependent arising and emptiness, how things appear to exist in one way,…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 101-104
Eliminating our own self-centeredness and our own self grasping ignorance and thereby developing the compassion…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Introduction and Verses 1-14
Practical teachings on how to transform difficulties into the path and the importance of strengthening…
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Incarcerated people Transforming the three times
How to use the present wisely to create causes for a happy future instead of…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 99-100
Verses describing the developing the conventional bodhicitta and then following the bodhisattva path to bring…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 95-98
The importance of seeing the disadvantages of self-centeredness and the benefits of cherishing others. More…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 92-94
Making clear aspirations and determinations about how we want to live our lives. How our…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 90-91
Watching our tendency to do the opposite of what our teachers instruct, becoming willing to…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 86-89
Verses covering the importance of focused study to support meditation, reliance on a teacher, working…
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