Working with emotions: General antidotes to afflictions
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Working with Emotions 
Oct 1, 2022 Part of a series of four talks on working with difficult emotions given by Venerable Sangye Khadro at Sravasti Abbey in October, 2022.
- The Buddhist view of emotions
- Postive (skillful) emotions
- Negative (unskillful, disturbing) emotions
- Dealing with disturbing emotions
- Unskillful way: suppression or acting out the emotions
- A middle way approach to working with emotions
- Steps to work with emotions
- Learn to recognize/identify the emotion
- Cultivating a balanced attitude towards emotions (without aversion or attachment)
- Apply antidotes
- General antidotes for disturbing emotions
- Developing mindfulness/self-awareness
- Becoming familiar with the nature of the mind and disturbing thoughts/emotions
- Important to not self-identify with thoughts and emotions
- Realize that others have similar or worse problems
- Guided meditation on working with emotions
- Checking the reality of our thoughts
Venerable Sangye Khadro
California-born, Venerable Sangye Khadro ordained as a Buddhist nun at Kopan Monastery in 1974 and is a longtime friend and colleague of Abbey founder Venerable Thubten Chodron. She took bhikshuni (full) ordination in 1988. While studying at Nalanda Monastery in France in the 1980s, she helped to start the Dorje Pamo Nunnery, along with Venerable Chodron. Venerable Sangye Khadro has studied with many Buddhist masters including Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, and Khensur Jampa Tegchok. At her teachers’ request, she began teaching in 1980 and has since taught in countries around the world, occasionally taking time off for personal retreats. She served as resident teacher in Buddha House, Australia, Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore, and the FPMT centre in Denmark. From 2008-2015, she followed the Masters Program at the Lama Tsong Khapa Institute in Italy. Venerable has authored a number books found here, including the best-selling How to Meditate. She has taught at Sravasti Abbey since 2017 and is now a full-time resident.
