How anger arises
03 Working with Anger (Italy 2023)
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Working with Anger 
Apr 22, 2023 This teaching is part of a series hosted by Il Coordinamento Nazionale Pedagogisti e Educatori (Co.N.P.Ed.), an organization for educators in Italy. Venerable Chodron draws from Chapter 6 of Shantideva’s Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life.
- What makes anger arise
- The seed of anger
- Distorted conceptions and inappropriate attention
- How our interpretations influence our experience
- Benefits of changing how we interpret situations
- The importance of finding common ground with others
- How attachment to honor and reputation leads to conflict
- Questions and answers
- How afflictions relate to the self-centered thought
- How resentment builds over time
- Strategies for releasing grudges
- Dealing with anger toward ourselves
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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.
