anger
Teachings on the mental affliction of anger, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Stories of forgiveness
Continuing with the Gift of Forgiveness retreat, discussing various stories of forgiveness to illustrate the…
View PostUnderstanding disturbing emotions
Leading a question and answer session and exploring how to understand our disturbing emotions so…
View PostThe disadvantages of holding grudges
Beginning the Gift of Forgiveness retreat, discussing the disadvantages of anger, overcoming a culture of…
View PostHow to deal with afflictions
Advice for dealing with afflictive emotions. Guided meditation on investigating afflictive emotions.
View PostThe conventional existence of Tara
Answers to questions about Tara’s existence using the three criteria for conventional existence and how…
View PostThe eight dangers
Teaching on first four of the eight dangers we ask Tara to protect us from—arrogance,…
View PostThe merits of bodhicitta
Answering questions and teaching on Verses 1.24-1.33 on the vast merits that come from generating…
View PostMeditation on working with anger
A guided meditation to reflect on the causes of anger and the antidotes.
View PostThe causes of samsara
Speaking on the benefits of meditation on impermanence and teaching on six root afflictions that…
View PostThe eight worldly concerns
Teaching on how attachment to this life keeps us bound in samsara, exploring the eight…
View PostAttachment to this life
Speaking on dependent arising and starting teachings on the first attachment that keeps us bound…
View Post“Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature”: An...
Anger is one of the afflictions causing us to revolve in samsara. A commentary on…
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