Morning meditation — Twelve Links.

‘12 links: ignorance-volition-consciousness-body mind formations-6 sense doors-contact-feeling-craving-clinging-becoming-birth-aging death. Death-aging-birth-becoming-clinging-craving-feeling-contact-6 sense doors-body mind...

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Amanda’s Gratitude Story: The Exact Medicine We Need

Trigger Warning: This story mentions suicide, grief, and the loss of loved ones. Please read with care. Amanda believes that gratitude is quite literally everything. It is the food on the table, the water we drink, the roof over our heads, and the medicine we need....

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The Path of the Dharma

The Dhammapada is one of the most beautiful, enduring collections of the Buddha’s teachings. Dhamma in Pali means “the teachings” or “the Way.” Pada means “footstep” or “path.” The word Dhammapada, then, can be understood as “The Path of the Dharma.” My teacher, Thich...

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Why I Stopped Expecting People to Love Me Like I Love Them

“Expectation is the root of all heartache.” ~William Shakespeare I turned forty this year. And I am only now figuring out something I wish someone had told me at twenty. Most of my pain—the kind that sat in my chest for days, the kind that made me replay conversations...

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