Living with an Open Heart (Germany 2016)

Teachings on Living with an Open Heart: Cultivating Compassion in Everyday Life sponsored by Tibet House Germany in Frankfurt.

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Learn more about Living with an Open Heart here. This is the UK edition of An Open-Hearted Life.

Venerable Chodron signs a book for a Dharma student at Tibet House Frankfurt.

Compassion and interdependence

When we see that we are dependent on others we see the importance of caring for others. If we take care of others we live…

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Venerable Chodron signs a book for a Dharma student at Tibet House Frankfurt.

Overcoming the obstacles to developing compassion

Recognizing the four qualities of self-centeredness that impede developing compasssion and looking at the ways to overcome them.

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Venerable Chodron signs a book for a Dharma student at Tibet House Frankfurt.

Misconceptions about compassion

While everyone admires compassion, there is a lot of confusion about it. In addition to learning what compassion is, it's good to know what it…

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Venerable Chodron signs a book for a Dharma student at Tibet House Frankfurt.

How our emotions impact our mind

Understanding how emotions impact the mind helps us work with disturbing emotions and positive emotions. The ways anger and compassion impact the mind.

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Venerable Chodron signs a book for a Dharma student at Tibet House Frankfurt.

Comparing the Buddhist and scientific views of ...

A look at two viewpoints on the source of disturbing emotions, how they cause problems, their remedy, and the goal of working on them.

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