Is anger useful?
05 Working with Anger
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Working with Anger 
Aug 10, 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 analytic meditation on the benefits of patience
- Guided body relaxation
- Breathing meditation
- Analytic meditation
- Is anger necessary to discern wrongdoing?
- Anger lets us know that our buttons are being pushed
- Is anger a good antidote to vulnerability, guilt and self-blame?
- Does anger give us power?
- How we can release our anger
- How we contribute to the situation
- Is anger essential for winning at sports?
An audio recording of the guided meditation is also available.
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.
