The Alternative of fortitude
04 Working with Anger
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Working with Anger 
Jul 13, 2025 Part of a series of talks based on Working with Anger given at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day starting in April, 2025. Written by Venerable Thubten Chodron the book presents a variety of Buddhist methods for subduing anger, not by changing what is happening, but by working with our minds to frame situations differently.
- Guided meditation on the disadvantages of anger
- Guided body relaxation
- Breathing meditation
- Analytic meditation
- Fortitude rather than patience
- Expressing or suppressing does not eliminate anger
- Differentiating mental attitudes and external actions
- The advantages of fortitude
- Calmness gives us the space to make wise decisions
- Benefits our health
- Allows us to be free of grudges and resentment
- Has a positive affect on those around us
- How an inmate used the Dharma to remain calm
- Questions and answers
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.
