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    MEET BAD HABITS with LOVING-KINDNESS

    Mar 24, 2020 2 minutes

    my spiritual practice these days: moment-to-moment I try to be mindful of the arising of ill will in my mind and try to meet it with clear, compassionate response. This reflects the Buddha’s basic instruction on how to work with our negative patterns: “Recognizing unwholesome states

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