anger
Teachings on the mental affliction of anger, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Verse 33: The one who suffers the most
The perpetrator of a harmful action is experiencing suffering, and also creating the causes for…
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Verse 30: The navigator in samsara
Karma and afflictions lead us by the nose. We need to take responsibility for creating…
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Verse 25: The negative omen of exaggeration
Exaggerating the good qualities of objects we are attached to can only bring suffering.
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Verse 7: The enemies of happiness and prosperity
Afflictive emotions like miserliness and anger only bring us misery, though we think they'll bring…
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Heather Mack Duchscher Unloading the garbage mind
A student shares her thoughts on doing purification practice after attending the Vajrasattva retreat at…
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Verse 3: The fire of anger
Clinging attachment leads to anger and suffering when our high expectations are not met. How…
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Isaac Estrada - May 1, 2014
Isaac Estrada To choose or not to choose
A retreat helps a student to see that he has the freedom to choose to…
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Changing our wrong conceptions
Our happiness and suffering are based on our habitual ways of thinking and on how…
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Meditating on the results of karma
Advice on how to meditate on the verses followed by an examination of the results…
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Cultivating clear communication
Examining our motivations for harsh or unkind speech, looking at ways to cultivate different habits…
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The three poisons
The role of self-grasping ignorance, anger, and attachment in our relationships with others.
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Apologizing and forgiving
The meaning of forgiveness, how to let go of our anger and transform a painful…
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