Feelings and the yo-yo mind
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2005-06 
Feb 26, 2006 Part of a series of teachings and discussion sessions given during the Winter Retreat from December 2005 to March 2006 at Sravasti Abbey.
- The mental aggregate of feelings and the “yo-yo” mind
- How our mind invents a story out of raw sense data and imputes an emotion on it
- How emotions affect judgement
- When we see someone doing harm how do we react?
Vajrasattva 2005-2006: Q&A #12 (download)
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.
