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Buddhism is fundamentally about transformation, as changing one’s attitude and conduct are required to end suffering and attain enlightenment.

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A detailed painting showing multiple deities, with a central seated figure and consort above and a fierce multi-armed deity and consort dancing within a ring of flames below. Other smaller deities in various poses are arranged around the three largest deities. A landscape with small human and nonhuman figures appears at the bottom.
Ratnasambhava, Ratna Heruka, and Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo
Tibet, 18th century

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REALIZE 
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REIMAGINE
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Harnessing the wisdom of emptiness to generate compassion
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Can I Let Me Go?
On surrender and awakening
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Meltdown Samsara
An artist faces a frightening part of herself and learns how to let go
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RELEASE
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The Dance of Time and Space
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A Capacity to Change
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How to Like Mondays
Changing careers is not always easy
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Friends in High Places
Using resistance to facilitate change
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At the Center of a Messy, Beautiful Existence
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Emotional Rescue
To be fully alive, embrace your ever-changing brain
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The Returned: When Death Is Not the End
In Tibetan tales and popular culture the dead have a way of coming back with a purpose
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I Love You, I Love You Not
Navigating change in romantic relationships
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Sharon Salzberg + Serene Jones + Lydia Mason
A panel discussion on the power of spiritually-inspired activism.
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