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Tonglen: In with the Bad, Out with the Good

By Ethan Nichtern — 2014

“Accepting and sending out” is a powerful meditation to develop compassion—for ourselves and others. Ethan Nichtern teaches us how to do it in formal practice and on the spot whenever suffering arises.

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Open Heart, Clear Mind: An Introduction to the Buddha's Teachings

An open heart is the dwelling place of compassion that extends toward all beings; a clear mind is the source of the penetrating wisdom of deep insight. Their union leads to the enlightened way of life that is at the heart of the spiritual path as taught by the Buddha.

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Thubten Chodron
1990
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Is the Spiritual Path a Lonely One?

Venerable Thubten Chodron responds to a student's reflections on whether practicing the Dharma is a lonely endeavor.

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Thubten Chodron
2017
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The Buddha Walks into a Bar: A Guide to Life for a New Generation

The Buddha Walks into a Bar is a book for those who are spiritual but not religious, who are disillusioned by the state of the world, who are sick of their jobs (and just started last Tuesday), who like drinking beer and having sex and hate being preached at, who are striving to deepen their social...

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Lodro Rinzler
2012
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Ep. 25 Solving the Puzzle With David Nichtern

Ethan welcomes back David Nichtern to the Road Home to talk about creativity, spirituality, and livelihood, and how we can fit together the pieces of our life puzzle.

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The Road Home with Ethan Nichtern
2019
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The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali: A New Translation with Commentary (Shambhala Classics)

Compiled in the second or third century CE, the Yoga-Sutra is a road map of human consciousness—and a particularly helpful guide to the mind states one encounters in meditation, yoga, and other spiritual practices.

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Patanjali
2024
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A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last

In his new book, Stephen Levine, author of the perennial best-seller Who Dies?, teaches us how to live each moment, each hour, each day mindfully—as if it were all that was left. On his deathbed, Socrates exhorted his followers to practice dying as the highest form of wisdom.

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Stephen Levine
1998
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