The Importance of Shamatha or Calm Abiding Meditation
The author shares how practicing shamatha, or calm abiding meditation, and songs of realization, or dohas, help with settling the mind.
January 15, 2021
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The author shares how practicing shamatha, or calm abiding meditation, and songs of realization, or dohas, help with settling the mind.
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A student of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche considers what #GoKind really means, and offers a contemplation on practice real kindness by flipping the script when saying the “magic words” Please, Thank you, and I’m sorry.
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