Working with Anger

An online talk hosted by Tibethaus Deutschland as part of its Open Session program

  • Learning to recognize anger in our mind
    • Conceptual and non-conceptual minds
  • How anger arises from self-centeredness
  • Taking responsibility for our anger
    • Karma and its effects
    • Being in a bad mood
    • Ego-sensitivity
    • Our projections and patterns of interpretation
  • About the book Working with Anger
  • Questions and answers
    • How the conception of “I” lies behind anger
    • Can anger lead to contact with reality?
    • Dealing with anger in a group
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.

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