Living with an Open Heart (Denmark 2016)
Part of a series of teachings by Venerable Thubten Chodron based on Living with an Open Heart: Cultivating Compassion in Everyday Life given at Phendeling-Center for Tibetansk Buddhisme in Copenhagen.
Root Text
Learn more about Living with an Open Heart here. This is the UK edition of An Open-Hearted Life.
Three types of emotion and their influence
Venerable Thubten Chodron The threat system, the drive system and the safeness system from the psychological and Buddhist perspective. The difference between the mind and the brain.
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Becoming friends with ourselves
Through self-acceptance we can treat ourselves with kindness and compassion, and see that we have the capacity to change.
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Examining our expectations of others
With a realistic view of others—friends and family and coworkers—we can avoid disappointment and conflict, and develop healthy relationships.
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Cultivating happiness and contentment
Happiness comes from a mind free from disturbing emotions. not from external things. Cultivating a mind of contentment with what we have and who we…
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