Communication and understanding conflict styles
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Family and Friends 
Jun 10, 2002 Part of a series of talks regarding the influence that Dharma practice can have on family life, given at the Mid-America Buddhist Association workshop held in Augusta, Missouri on June 7-9, 2002.
Five conflict styles
- Handling conflict
- Understanding avoidance, accommodation and compromise
- Building on the others ideas
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Conflict styles of family members
- Talking about conflict styles to avoid suffering
- Habitual patterns of dealing with conflict
- Benefits of compassion
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Questions and answers
- People’s behavior and our mind
- Adjusting our views to avoid conflict
- The nature of samsara
- The Four Noble Truths
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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.
