Working with unwanted thoughts and emotions
Chapter 13
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
An Open-Hearted Life 
Oct 7, 2018 A series of talks based on An Open-Hearted Life given at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day starting in April 2017. Co-written with clinical psychologist Dr. Russell Kolts, the book offers practical Buddhist and Western psychological approaches to developing compassion.
- Self-blame is an obstacle to self-compassion
- Taking responsibility to work with unhelpful thoughts and emotions
- Accepting unwanted thoughts and emotions but knowing we can change
- Replacing troublesome thoughts and emotions with more compassionate ones
An 0pen-Hearted Life 15: Working with unwanted thoughts and emotions (download)
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
