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Essentials
8 Buddhist Tips for Dealing with Anger
Matt Lindén
Tips to help us overcome anger, and provide inner peace when times get tough.
Compassion as a Source of Happiness
The 14th Dalai Lama
Genuine happiness and satisfaction come from within, from compassion and human affection.
5 Buddhist Principles to Help Run a Business
Yury Milyutin
How to run a business and carry out a project based on Buddhist principles.

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Tibetan Buddhism
The Life of Atisha
Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
Anger: Dealing with Disturbing Emotions
Dr. Alexander Berzin
By applying methods for developing patience, we can avoid the problems that anger causes.
The Heart Sutra
This short text on prajnaparamita (the perfection of wisdom) presents the essence of the far-reaching discriminating awareness of voidness (emptiness). It is recited and meditated upon throughout the Mahayana Buddhist world.

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Advanced Studies
Balanced Sensitivity: 1 Dealing with Sensitivity Issues
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Presentation of the six exercises through which we explore various methods for developing or enhancing the positive type of sensitivity and for reducing or eliminating the negative type.
Seven Ways of Knowing Objects
Dr. Alexander Berzin
An overview of the ways of knowing within the context and point of view of the different Indian Buddhist philosophical tenet systems.
The Revival of Buddhism in Kalmykia
Dr. Alexander Berzin
Interview with Dr. Berzin for “Buddhism in Kalmykia” publication, in Elista, Kalmykia, 2009.

Interviews

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Interview with Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron

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Interview with Geshe Dorji Damdul
Matt Lindén
Geshe Dorji Damdul explores quantum physics, the problem with gagdets, and the key to a happy world.
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Interview with His Eminence Dagyab Rinpoche
Matt Lindén
His Eminence Dagyab Rinpoche discusses the importance of lifelong learning, why a clear understanding of emptiness is crucial, and how to stop ourselves from impulse buying.

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From Monasteries to Hospitals: Buddhist and Islamic Medical Traditions
Dr. Mohamed Ashath (Ashath Siraas)
Medical traditions create a shared space for contemporary Buddhist–Muslim understanding and engagement through compassionate care of both mental and physical well-being.
Overview of “Tantra Stages and Paths by the Mongolian”
Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche
The First Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche explains the unique features of the four classes of tantra and their practices based on a text by Sogpo Ngawang Palden Choge.
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Interview with His Holiness the 34th Menri Trizin
Matt Lindén
His Holiness the 34th Menri Trizin discusses his unexpected selection to lead the Bön tradition, the comprehensive structure of monastic education at Menri Monastery, and Bön's ancient history as Tibet's indigenous spiritual lineage.
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