Meditation on factors that cause anger to arise
Venerable Thubten Chonyi 
Antidotes to Afflictions 
May 3, 2026 A guided meditation led at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day. You can also view the complete video of the session including the teaching on "Inappropriate attention, attachment, and anger".
- Setting an altruistic motivation
- Meditation on the breath
- Bring to mind an encounter that caused you to become angry
- What were you thinking and feeling at the time?
- How did you describe the situation to yourself as it was happening?
- How did your interpretation of the event affect your experience?
- How did your experience affect what you said or did?
- How did your actions and words affect the situation?
- Was your view of the situation realistic or biased?
- How could you have viewed the situation from a broader perspective?
- Would that have made your experience different?
- Look at forgiving yourself and the other person
- Conclusion: Determine to be aware of how you view a situation affects your experience and actions
- Dedication of merit
Meditation on factors that cause anger to arise (download)
Venerable Thubten Chonyi
Ven. Thubten Chonyi is a nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. She has studied with Sravasti Abbey founder and abbess Ven. Thubten Chodron since 1996. She lives and trains at the Abbey, where she received novice ordination in 2008. She took full ordination at Fo Guang Shan in Taiwan in 2011. Ven. Chonyi regularly teaches Buddhism and meditation at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane and, occasionally, in other locations as well.
