Anger and attachment are equally unhelpful
01 Working with Anger
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Working with Anger 
Apr 5, 2025 A talk given during Venerable Chodron's 2025 European Teaching tour at Institu Vajra Yogini in France
- We are dependent on unkind people to develop fortitude
- Anger and attachment are unrealistic emotions
- Examples of how attachment changes our perspective
- Purifying with the four opponent powers
- Recognizing and taking responsibility for our sensitivities
Part 2 of this talk:
Contemplating the faults of anger
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.
