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2. Play AudioGrace & Dignity
    … As the Buddha once said, the mind is capable of almost anything. Think of all the animals in the animal kingdom—all the different shapes and sizes and classifications. He said the mind is more variegated than that. The mind can take on the role of any animal. When the world is going well, it’s easy to live a fairly moral life and … 
3. Play AudioLong-Term Welfare
    … The Buddha talks about using concentration to gladden the mind, to steady the mind, to release the mind. You do that in the course of learning how to use the concentration, so that it really feels good for whatever ails you. For example, if you’re feeling tired, there are certain ways of concentrating that give you more energy. If you’re feeling stressed … 
4. Play AudioThe Committee of the Mind
   The Committee of the Mind April 22, 2022 We have that phrase in English, “to make up your mind.” It’s an interesting way of saying “to decide.” So make up your mind that you’re going to stay right here with one thing, with the breath. Make that your intention and try to maintain that intention all the way through the hour. You … 
5. Play AudioVows
    … But if you develop good solid qualities of the mind, those qualities are independent of the world. If you make the mind solid, then you have something solid to look back on and something solid to take with you. After all, it’s all right there in the mind. It’s right where you need it.
6. Play AudioBreathing to Awakening
    … This is why we look into the qualities of the mind. As we get older, the strength of the body goes down, but the mind doesn’t have to go down that way. But there will be a strong temptation: As the body weakens, the mind weakens as well and tends to give up on any extra efforts. You want to fight that temptation … 
7. Play AudioTo Know the Unconditioned
    … That’s why the very first verse in the Dhammapada says, “The mind is the forerunner of all things. *Mano-pubbaṅgamā **dhammā. Mano-seṭṭhā *mano-mayā. All phenomena are excelled by the mind. They’re made by the mind.” The problem is, our ordinary consciousness is something that’s fabricated, something we fabricate, and everything fabricated has to be stressful. That’s the nature … 
8. Play AudioCare & Feeding of the Mind
9. Play AudioGiving Weight to the Mind
10. Play AudioAt Home in the Mind
11. Play AudioDirecting (& Not Directing) the Mind
12. Play AudioNR Caring for the Mind
13. Play AudioThe Mind on a Leash
14. Play AudioThe Hunger of the Mind
15. Play AudioThe Mind on a Leash
16. Play AudioA Mirror for the Mind
17. Play AudioThe Mind's News Cycle
18. Play AudioFixing Food for the Mind
19. Play AudioThe Garden of the Mind
20. Play AudioWhen the Mind Is Obstreperous
21. Play AudioMaking the Mind Your Friend
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