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How Compassion Works
The Refuge of Mara
In the aftermath of a life-altering shake-up, a practitioner finds grounding in an unexpected ally.
By Kate Tsuruharatani 
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The Highest Level of Samadhi
By examining our visual awareness, the Surangama Sutra explores a key aspect of meditative knowing.
Why We Look for Happiness in the Wrong Places
Meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg discusses how our yearning for happiness can support us in our journey toward freedom—and why we tend to search for it in the wrong places.
Everything You Encounter Is Your Life
In his commentary to Dogen’s Tenzo Kyokun, a Soto priest expounds a powerful lesson on the life of the true Self.
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Buddhist tradition names three personality types that are refined through meditation and understanding as we heal and grow. This course invites you to better relate your own unique experience in a way that uncovers the purified gems of your unique personality type.
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Join us on this Buddhist Pilgrimage to Mongolia and witness a Buddhist renaissance firsthand in the Land of the Eternal Blue Sky from June 29-July 13, 2025.
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Join us on this Buddhist Pilgrimage to India & Nepal and explore what the Buddha said were the four sites that every committed dharma practitioner should visit.
March 8-21, 2026
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Craving, Compulsions, Habits, and Freedom
Anshin Devin AshwoodMeeting the craving behind our compulsions and habits, we have the foundation for freedom from ingrained harmful thoughts and actions.
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“The Mindful Revolution” offers a critical insight into the growing influence of a modern spiritual phenomenon.
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How Compassion Works
Lama John Makransky discusses why compassion is essential to our survival—and how we can integrate compassion into our service and action in the world.
With John Makransky