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The Six Stages of Metta-Bhavana (Loving Kindness)

By Matt Bramble — 2016

I have a love-hate relationship with the aphorism “happiness is a choice.” On the one hand, the saying has wonderful potential: it can speak to the power we could have (or already do have) to lift ourselves out of emotional quagmires. But on the other, it can completely dismiss the power that anger and pain can have over a person.

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Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness

Throughout our lives we long to love ourselves more deeply and find a greater sense of connection with others.

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Sharon Salzberg
2018
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Faith and the Fight Against Climate Change, Part 2

In a society increasingly driven by science and technology, world religions and the communities they inspire remain a vast and rock-solid political force.

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2020
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Introduction to Buddhism with Miles Neale

This two-part course addresses two major themes of Buddhism: individual liberation and social transformation.

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Miles Neale
2016
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Learning True Love: Practicing Buddhism in a Time of War

Learning True Love, the autobiography of Sister Chân Không, stands alongside the great spiritual autobiographies of our century. It tells the story of her spiritual and personal odyssey, both in her homeland and in exile.

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Sister Chan Khong
2024
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Jane Hirshfield, "A Branch of Yellow Leaves"

Full lecture title: "A Branch of Yellow Leaves: Buddhism, the World and Poetry"

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Jane Hirshfield
2019
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10:34

Overcoming Dharma Doubts: Three Strategies

Doubt in early Buddhism is something we need to overcome in order to make progress along the path. I'll look at doubt in this video, and provide three different strategies we can use that can help with them.

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2021
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The Force of Character: And the Lasting Life

In his powerful bestseller The Soul's Code, James Hillman brilliantly illuminated the central importance of character to our spiritual and emotional lives.

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James Hillman
2024
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The Poisons of Attachment, Anger and Ignorance

At Sharing the Dharma Day, Venerable Thubten Chodron teaches on the second verse of "The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas," on attachment, anger and ignorance that keep us bound in cyclic existence.

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Thubten Chodron
2013
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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Venerable Thubten Chodron gives an overview of why we would want to learn about emptiness and teaches on the emptiness of persons and phenomena.

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Thubten Chodron
2016
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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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