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Exchange as the Key: Stages of the Practice (Part 2)

The starting point for transforming our minds is to view ourselves, in a disciplined and conscious way, as equal to others. Then we gradually shift our focus from me to we, and from we to they. We may as well work to make this transformation now, consciously, instead of waiting until we’re older or ill, […]

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That Grudge You’re Holding? It’s Really Holding You . . .

Why don’t we sleep well at night? Where is our peace, our joyful mind?   We hold on to a lot of grudges from the past, and still more are cultivated everyday through interactions with people who provoke us and bring about unpleasant feelings. If we are unable to cleanse an unpleasant feeling when it

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Getting Beyond Ourselves: Three Stages of the Practice (Part 1)

When we begin a session by “generating bodhicitta,” this means we start by creating the noble intention to benefit others through clearing away darkness in the minds of all beings, freeing them from ignorance to allow the recognition of their own enlightened nature. And the only effective way to be of unfailing benefit to others

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