Working with fear and anxiety
An online talk for Ganden Shedrup Ling in Puerto Rico.
- Types of fear
- Panic fear
- Useful awareness of danger
- How self-centeredness relates to fear
- Antidotes to fear
- Reality check
- Introspective awareness
- Relax and breathe
- Stop creating dramas
- Smile and extend kindness
- Accept reality
- Transforming adversity into the path to awakening
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.