Anger, imputations and assumptions
04 Working with Anger
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Working with Anger 
Apr 6, 2025 A talk given during Venerable Chodron's 2025 European Teaching tour at Institu Vajra Yogini in France
- Misunderstandings are common in communication
- We assign meaning to things from their own side
- Assumptions without clarification leads to conflict
- Miscommunication also happens in Dharma studies
- Questions and answers:
- How can we deal with offensive words and phrases?
- How does discrimination of the aggregates work in meditation?
- What is the most subtle object of meditation?
Part 3 of this talk:
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.
