Disturbing Emotions

Question about Understanding Words  When we are, for instance, doing a meditation retreat in a Buddhist context and reciting mantras, although we might recite it and we have some concept of the audio category of the sound of the mantra, we could have no idea of the...

(1) Whatever generosity, offerings to the Blissfully Gone (Buddhas) and the like, and positive deeds I've amassed over a thousand eons – one (moment of) hatred will destroy them all. (2) As no negative force resembles anger, and no trial resembles patience, I shall therefore...

Verses 17 through 21 Today, we will discussion compassion, great compassion, and bodhichitta. I will try to make it quite short. We have a lot of material and to go through.  Developing Compassion Although we might know something about how to practice, what we lack in...

Verses 22 through 25 We have been going through the 37 Bodhisattva Practices by the great teacher, Togme Zangpo. We reached verse 22. Verse 22 to 24 talk about the cessation or stopping of suffering, and about deepest truth.  Developing Deepest Bodhichitta, the...

The First of Three Layers of the Impossible “Me” to Be Refuted There are three layers of impossible “me” that we need to refute. We can differentiate more layers, but here we’ll just deal with the main three. Each progressive layer is deeper than the one before it. We project...

Verses 32 through 37 Not Speaking of the Faults of Others We’ve been going through Gyalse Togme Zangpo’s 37 Bodhisattva Practices, and we got up to verse 31. Now, we’ll go through the rest of the text. (32) A bodhisattva’s practice is not to speak about the faults of a person...

The main issue in Buddhist sexual ethics is to avoid being obsessive about and glorifying sex.

The entire scope of mind training to transform negative attitudes into positive ones is summarized in eight verses.

By gaining a calmer, more realistic view of ourselves, we can overcome self-hatred and be better able to realize our potentials.

A clear outline of the structure and key concepts of Emory University’s Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning program.