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You Don’t Need to Be Buddhist

By Andrea Miller — 2012

Thich Nhat Hanh tells Andrea Miller that anyone can use the five mindfulness trainings to lead a life of understanding and compassion.

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Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness

The fifty-nine provocative slogans presented here—each with a commentary by the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa—have been used by Tibetan Buddhists for eight centuries to help meditation students remember and focus on important principles and practices of mind training.

Chögyam Trungpa, Pema Chödrön (foreword)

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How to Free Your Mind: The Practice of Tara the Liberator

Tara, the feminine embodiment of enlightened activity, is a Buddhist deity whose Tibetan name means "liberator," signaling her ability to liberate beings from the delusion and ignorance that keep them trapped in ever-recurring patterns of negativity.

Thubten Chodron

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Joining a Larger Community of Compassion

This sneak peak with Acharya Gaylon Ferguson is from the Science of Meditation online summit. You can sign up for the whole 5 day summit which runs Oct. 19-23, free right here: https://online.shambhalamountain.org

Gaylon Ferguson

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Buddha's Nature

The Buddha said that "everything we need to know about life can be found inside this fathom-long body.

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Buddhism is practiced by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, from Tibetan caves to Tokyo temples to redwood retreats. To an outside viewer, it might be hard to see what they all have in common.

The Dalai Lama, Thubten Chodron, Bhante Gunaratana

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The Intelligent Heart: A Guide to the Compassionate Life

Practical instruction in a Tibetan Buddhist method for developing radical compassion from a contemporary master with a gift for making the ancient teachings speak to modern hearts.

Dzigar Kongtrül, Joseph Waxman, Pema Chödrön (foreword)

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Lama Surya Das: "Buddhism 202"

A concise elucidation of the next stage on the Buddhist path by one of the foremost American meditation teachers, Lama Surya Das.

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Beyond Mindfulness: The Direct Approach to Lasting Peace, Happiness, and Love

Happiness is your birthright, your natural state. Beneath all the frightening or depressing stories you tell yourself lies a deeper level of intrinsic peace and well-being.

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Cynthia Bourgeault on Contemplation and Compassion

Cynthia Bourgeault talks about her continuing journey in Contemplative Living.

Cynthia Bourgeault

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Awakening Through Love: Unveiling Your Deepest Goodness

Mother Teresa. The Dalai Lama. Nelson Mandela. Gandhi. Some admire such figures from afar and think, "How special they are; I could never be like that." But, as John Makransky has learned, the power of real and enduring love lies within every one of us.

John Makransky, Lama Surya Das (foreword)

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