anger
Teachings on the mental affliction of anger, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Making room for the Dharma—the eight worldly concerns
By reflecting on the their disadvantages and applying the antidotes we can decrease the influence…
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Becoming friends with ourselves
Through self-acceptance we can treat ourselves with kindness and compassion, and see that we have…
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Three types of emotion and their influence
The threat system, the drive system and the safeness system from the psychological and Buddhist…
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Getting a handle on anger
If we can be calm with an attitude of compassion in conflicts, then there's a…
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“Don’t Believe Everything You Think̶...
Personal stories of how people used the Dharma to see situations from a different perspective,…
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Connecting with others with an open heart
By opening our heart we can connect to others in a meaningful and healthy way…
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How our emotions impact our mind
Understanding how emotions impact the mind helps us work with disturbing emotions and positive emotions.…
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How anger impedes good relationships
There is meaning and satisfaction in healthy relationships. Recognizing how anger creates problems in relationships…
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Chapter 3: Verses 214-230
Creating the two collections—merit and wisdom—by abandoning the three poisons and practicing the three roots…
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Kenneth Mondal I’m not an angry person, or am I?
Even when we think we have escaped the three poisons of anger, attachment, and ignorance,…
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Having a steady mind
How to see our enemies and difficulties as precious opportunities to develop inner fortitude that…
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Overcoming ignorance
The difficulty in applying the teachings on karma when it comes to creating virtue and…
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