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Lama Zopa Rinpoche often talks about mother sentient beings—but what does he say about actual mothers? Rinpoche wrote to a student in 2014 about how to think about her mother, saying, “The way to think is that you received all…
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DHARMA AND THE MODERN WORLD January-March 2015 By Kasia Beznoska On a daily basis, most people have a multitude of responsibilities to manage, tasks to get done, meals to prepare and children to care for. Not to mention, taking care…
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TAKING CARE July-September 2013 By Pam Cayton In October 2012, I received one of those calls that I hoped would never come. My father’s anxiety could be detected in the tightness underlying the reassuring, light tempo in his voice. It…
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BUDDHISM IN THE FAMILY June-July 2007 By Julia Graves Julia Graves Listening to my Dharma sisters crying about how their life as practitioners will come to an end once they become pregnant inspires me to share what I think of…
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The office is a place for Dharma practice. When one goes to the office, dealing with people, one has to recognize it’s a place to practice lam-rim, the three principles of the path, tantra, and the six paramitas. The six paramitas fit very well for daily life. They offer protection for you. Everything is there.
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