Michael unpacks different kinds of blame, both inward and outward, followed by a description of…
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Training Your Heart (Lojong Teachings #7): Practice the Basics
A bodhisattva is someone who doesn’t get used to violence. How to train our hearts…
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Training Your Heart (Lojong Teachings #6)
1.) What was your first experience of solitude, and 2.) What were your first experiences…
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Training Your Heart (Lojong Teachings #4): Compassion in a Tough World
Michael starts out linking Aylan Kurdi’s body washing up on shore in Greece, with unemployment,…
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Training Your Heart (Lojong Teachings #3): Transforming Blame, Cultivating Gratitude
Michael unpacks Tibetan Buddhist teachings that use a series of slogans to transform our attitude…
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15 Minute Guided Tonglen Meditation
This is instruction for a meditation practice called tonglen. Tonglen is a Tibetan term that means…
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Training Your Heart (Lojong Teachings #1)
Michael teaches Tibetan practices for training in empathy: Turning what’s arising into the path, see…
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