anger

Teachings on the mental affliction of anger, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.

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Ken Mondale at the Abbey setting up an altar with a fellow practitioner.
On Working with Afflictions

The fixer

There is little we can do to correct injustice in the world if our minds…

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An Open-Hearted Life

The power of optimism and types of emotion

How an optimistic attitude is important in maintaining compassion. A look at different ways to…

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New to Buddhism

The meaning of enlightenment

A small part of enlightenment can be just the intention to let go of our…

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New to Buddhism

Anger as exaggeration

When we look closely at our anger, we see how it's based on exaggeration and…

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Sword sticking out of ground with pond in background.
Dharma Poetry

Poems of Human and Spirit

When we spend our time and energy moving between extremes, we are unable to step…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Compassionate understanding of emotions

How a compassionate understanding of how emotions play out in our minds gives us a…

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Sunrise behind barbed wire fence.
By Prison Volunteers

Visit to Airway Heights Correctional Center

A nun visits a correctional facility for the first time in order to participate in…

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A group of young adults sitting at a table discussing teachings.
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2018

Training the mind to see things more accurately

If we can see situations more accurately, we won't have unrealistic expectations and we can…

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Ven. Chodron smiling and teaching in Russia.
Bodhisattva Path

The benefits of bodhichitta

Bodhicitta—the aspiration for awakening for the benefit of all sentient beings—is the most noble intention…

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Group photo of retreatants with Venerable Chodron at Semkye Ling.
Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

“Approaching the Buddhist Path”: The nat...

The conventional and ultimate nature of the mind. How phenomena exist in relationship to the…

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Combined image with fire on the left and ice on the right.
Dharma Poetry

Fire and ice

Our lives, beset by chaos, can still give form to love. A student considers the…

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