All Episodes

We're a work in progress (STTA 383)

The mind is the boss not the outside world (STTA 382)

Practice having happy thoughts (STTA 381)

Anger doesn't help (STTA 380)

Now is the time for compassion (STTA 379)

Sensory pleasure can never increase (STTA 378)

Compassion is not what enables you to help others: that's wisdom (STTA 377)

Practice having positive thoughts (STTA 376)

We need to become our own person (STTA 375)

A bird needs two wings: wisdom and compassion (STTA 374)

We can learn to be content! (STTA 373)

One way to apply emptiness is to see things from another point of view (STTA 372)

The outside world is not the main cause of our happiness or suffering (STTA 371)

Look the problem in the eye (STTA 370)

Do what we can to help right in front of us (STTA 369)

We don't suffer because we have compassion (STTA 368)

Guilt is ridiculous! (STTA 367)

Just by existing, we harm others (STTA 366)

Compassion is based on wisdom (STTA 365)

We think our opinions are objective truth (STTA 364)

We need to validate ourselves, not depend on others for validation (STTA 363)

Sharing sounds nice but we can misuse it (STTA 362)

Consciously have positive thoughts (STTA 361)

Love is altruistic; attachment is self-centered (STTA 360)

It's good to see the problems in the world, but don't add anger on top (STTA 359)

Practice patience – look the ugly thing in the eye! (STTA 358)

Our thoughts produce us (STTA 357)

Being a Buddhist means changing the way we see things (STTA 356)

Learn to distinguish between virtues and delusions (STTA 355)

Disconnect between reality and perception (STTA 354)

Yearning to be seen and heard is the source of so much pain (STTA 353)

First control the body and speech, then the mind (STTA 352)

Putting things off just drags us down (STTA 351)

Everything exists on the tip of the wish (STTA 350)

We're not the handiwork of anyone but ourselves! (STTA 349)

Don't let people gaslight us! (STTA 348)

We're forever craving either nice feelings or being free of ugly feelings (STTA 347)

Recognize in yourself the negative you see in others (STTA 346)

We're constantly having opinions - so try to make them positive (STTA 345)

Catch yourself when you exaggerate your bad qualities (STTA 344)

Revealing Ancient Wisdom with San Qing (discussion)

Help our mind by saying positive words (STTA 343)

When you can't change the problem, change your interpretation of it (STTA 342)

Steady the mind by saying mantras on top of the crazy thoughts (STTA 341)

How things out there appear back to us is in the aspect of what's in our mind (STTA 340)

Sunny Jacobs: "Finally I realized I couldn't change anything, but they couldn't take my mind from me (STTA 339)

Guilt is anger against ourselves (STTA 338)

We can train our mind to have new thoughts, just as we can train our body to do new things (STTA 337)

Fulfillment comes from disciplining the senses, not feeding them (STTA 336)

Lamrim Overview - Express Meditation

Try to make others happy, but no need for guilt if they don't become happy (STTA 335)

Pleasure comes from sensory experiences, but not contentment (STTA 334)

Satisfaction can never come from sensory experiences; it has to be practiced by thoughts (STTA 333)

We're addicted to believing that our mind has nothing to do with our happiness & suffering (STTA 332)

Don't believe what attachment and aversion say (STTA 331)

We are created by our thoughts, literally (STTA 330)

What's Love Got To Do With It? (teaching)

Cognitive therapy, neuroplasticity, Buddha: same: they all say we can change our thoughts (STTA 329)

We cannot stand it when things change! (STTA 328)

We suffer so much because we assume things won't change (STTA 327)

To see our mind, start with learning to focus it (STTA 326)

Do what you really want: not what you think is expected of you (STTA 325)

What goes on in the mind is the main thing, not the external event (STTA 324)

Love and attachment are not the same (STTA 323)

How to Loosen the Grip of Ego Grasping by Understanding Dependent Arising (Part 2 of 2 teaching)

We're a work in progress (STTA 322)

We're lonely because we think we're not enough (STTA 321)

Consciously not putting things off uplifts us (STTA 320)

We ourselves produce the person we become (STTA 319)

Good enough, dear! (STTA 318)

Contentment comes from practicing thinking I'm content, not from sensory experiences (STTA 317)

How to Loosen the Grip of Ego Grasping by Understanding Dependent Arising (Part 1 of 2 teaching)

Make your internal commentary more positive (STTA 316)

Instead of despairing, do what you can to help others (STTA 315)

Hear the thoughts before they become feelings (STTA 314)

Give yourself physical space (STTA 313)

No point in saying anything if people don't want to listen (STTA 312)

Zip your lip today! (STTA 311)

Be strong in the face of problems. And be nice for Christmas! (STTA 310)

We don't need to solve everyone's problems (STTA 309)

Have the courage to define ourselves (STTA 308)

Have your viewpoint and let others have theirs (STTA 307)

Aversion and fear only make things worse so know they're not as bad as we think (STTA 306)

Distinguish between reasonable expectations and neurotic attachment ones (STTA 305)

We need to adjust to what's happening out there (STTA 304)

Try to see the good as well as the bad (STTA 303)

We need to know what we want (STTA 302)

Greet the problems! (STTA 301)

Keep ourselves steady in the face of problems (STTA 300)

Delight in our good qualities (STTA 299)

Storytelling and Q&A on Losar

Self-confidence is not arrogance (STTA 298)

Love and attachment are completely different (STTA 297)

Negative states of mind exaggerate things (STTA 296)

Control our speech for our own sake first, then to benefit others (STTA 295)

Our own speech impacts upon our own self (STTA 294)

First, control the speech, then the mind (STTA 293)

Everything we think and do and say produces the person we become (STTA 292)

Always aspire to do what is most beneficial (STTA 291)

It's the motivation that counts, not the action (STTA 290)