anger

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

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Essence of a Human Life

Overcoming confusion

A new series of teachings on a text by Je Rinpoche. Setting the scene for…

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A solo person kayaks in a lake with mountains in the background.
Essence of a Human Life

The Essence of a Human Life

Verses by Lama Tsongkhapa on how to use our precious human life to pursue what…

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Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Abandoning the 10 nonvirtues, part 3

Review of the three mental nonvirtuous pathways of action: covetousness, maliciousness, and wrong view.

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Buddha statue in front of trees in the autumn turning yellow and orange.
37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

37 Practices: Verses 17-19

When things are going really well or when there are difficult problems, the bodhisattva practices…

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Buddha statue in front of trees in the autumn turning yellow and orange.
37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

37 Practices: Verses 11-16

The bodhisattva practices describe practical ways to use adverse circumstances for Dharma practice and to…

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Buddha statue in front of trees in the autumn turning yellow and orange.
37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

37 Practices: Verses 4-8

Looking at "bad" friends who take us away from the Dharma and cherishing the spiritual…

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Buddha statue in front of trees in the autumn turning yellow and orange.
37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

37 Practices: Verses 1-3

When we realize the value of a precious human life we will feel like a…

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Venerable Chodron and Venerable Samten sitting with a group of inmates in the Medan prison chapel.
By Prison Volunteers

Connecting with incarcerated women in Indonesia

Reflections on a visit together with Venerable Thubten Chodron to a women's prison in Indonesia.

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Heart made of rocks.
Healing Anger

Transforming anger into compassion

Anger isn't subdued by rearranging the world and the beings in it, but through internal…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Meditation and review on equanimity

Two meditations to develop equanimity, an attitude of equal care and concern for all sentient…

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Cover of book 'An open-hearted life'.
Cultivating Compassion

Cultivating love and kindness

A talk on working with disturbing emotions based on the book "An Open-Hearted Life."

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