anger
Teachings on the mental affliction of anger, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 38-42
A look at the karmic causes of difficulties in our practice or difficulties overcoming the…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 22-24
These verses cover the causes of such results as disappointment from our spiritual mentors and…
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Incarcerated people 
Love, compassion, peace
Common threads of many religious traditions including Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism.
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Defusing our hot buttons
Practical advice on how to identify our “buttons”—the expectations and preconceptions that set our anger…
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Learning to find inner peace
A person in prison shares his thoughts on keeping up hope in a difficult environment.
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Anger and the practice of patience
Using patience to overcome the painful affliction of anger.
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Who’s poisoning me?
A person in prison speaks about his addictions and a brush with death.
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Searching for happiness
Thoughts on fleeting nature of objects of attachment such as reputation, possessions, and emotions.
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A Buddhist nun in high school
Questions and answers from students about Buddhism and monastic life.
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