The Meaning of Selflessness
Practicing for the benefit of others is a sign of true wisdom.
From Healthy Self to No Self
It's often important to have a healthy ego before you attempt to see through it.
Taming the Mind
Discipline and meditation make the mind flexible, quiet, and ripe for insight.
For the Benefit of Others
True spiritual growth is measured by our motivation to help those around us.
A Calm Mind
Mindfulness can help us quiet mental noise and find inner peace.
The Selflessness of All Things
“We solidify everything as static, solid. It’s a denial of how things really are.”
Responding to Difficulty
Adversity can help us grow—and appreciate how much we have already grown.
Letting Go of Wanting
Lessening our attachment to things brings simplicity, lightness, and contentment.
Dissolving Ego
To transcend the self is to recognize that it was never there to begin with.
The Supreme Teacher
Our best guides are often those who reveal our flaws—and our ability to overcome them.
Mindfulness and Alertness
These two faculties are the great spiritual companions that help us stay on the path.
Spacious, Poised, and Present
Simple tasks become profound experiences when we perform them with close attention.
Resting the Mind
“Normally we are judging, comparing, remembering, anticipating. The mind gets tired.”
The Obstacle Is the Path
Adversity doesn’t hinder growth, but is the very means by which we build strength.
Like a Warrior
Spiritual gains can be hard won. To make progress, we must first believe we can.
Being Who We Are
Authenticity means accepting our limitations, even as we strive to overcome them.
Laughing at Ourselves
“This is a path of relief and release. We should be more relaxed, more humorous.”
Our Life, Our Practice
When mindfulness infuses all we do, our lives take on a new sense of meaning and joy.
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A Spacious Mind
In A Spacious Mind, a collection of talks recorded live on retreat, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo explores the central teachings of Lojong—Tibetan for “mind training”—a Buddhist practice emphasizing compassion, selflessness, and the cultivation of wisdom through challenge and adversity.
"Why are we meditating? Not just to lower our blood pressure or cholesterol,” she says. Rather, the point is to realize—and live from—a deeper state of awareness, in which “there’s no sense of ‘I’ or ’other’: a state of wisdom, of unconditional love and compassion, because the barriers have all gone.”
to listen to all 18 sessions in this series.
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