author: thubten chodron

... berserk makes us berserk, but as soon as we get berserk we make the environment more berserk. So we can try and break it somehow starting with ourselves. It takes effort, but it can be done, because if we get into this mentality that it ...

... Library of teachings on the path to awakening. Wisdom and While previous volumes focused on our present situation and taking responsibility for creating the causes of happiness, this volume concerns opening our hearts and generating the ...

... Daniel J. Siegel, The Developing Mind (New York: Guilford Press, 1999). DanielJ. Siegel & MaryHartzell, Parenting from theInside Out (New York: Tarcher, 2003). Daniel J. Siegel, The Neurobiology of 'We': How Relationships, the Mind, and ...

... minds, we need mindfulness and introspective alertness. Once we've made the determination to act, speak and think ... mind. When in public, watch your speech. Because our lives are busy, we're ... THIEF: Recognizing the disturbing attitudes.

... pure lands. Amitabha's pure land is one of them. In the Chinese Buddhist tradition especially, they do a lot of pure ... realm. When you're born as a desire realm god, you lead a super-fantastic life. But seven days before you die, you ...