Working with emotions: Anger
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Working with Emotions 
Oct 1, 2022 Part of a series of four talks on working with difficult emotions given by Venerable Sangye Khadro at Sravasti Abbey in October, 2022.
- Questions and answers
- Awareness of feelings
- Effecting change in others
- Developing a positive motivation
- Dealing with selfishness in our practice
- Anger is the most destructive of the disturbing emotions
- Anger distorts or exaggerates the characteristics of the object
- Actionable steps to work with anger:
- Recognize immediate and long-term effects to self and others
- Apply antidotes like loving-kindness and compassion
- “Mirror method”
- Reflecting on karma
Venerable Sangye Khadro
California-born, Venerable Sangye Khadro ordained as a Buddhist nun at Kopan Monastery in 1974 and is a longtime friend and colleague of Abbey founder Venerable Thubten Chodron. She took bhikshuni (full) ordination in 1988. While studying at Nalanda Monastery in France in the 1980s, she helped to start the Dorje Pamo Nunnery, along with Venerable Chodron. Venerable Sangye Khadro has studied with many Buddhist masters including Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, and Khensur Jampa Tegchok. At her teachers’ request, she began teaching in 1980 and has since taught in countries around the world, occasionally taking time off for personal retreats. She served as resident teacher in Buddha House, Australia, Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore, and the FPMT centre in Denmark. From 2008-2015, she followed the Masters Program at the Lama Tsong Khapa Institute in Italy. Venerable has authored a number books found here, including the best-selling How to Meditate. She has taught at Sravasti Abbey since 2017 and is now a full-time resident.
