anger
Teachings on the mental affliction of anger, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Advice for a child with a chronic illness
Advice to a young girl with diabetes on how to transform difficult emotions around her…
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Wynn Martin - Jun 18, 2011
Wynn Martin A new friendship
A remarkable story of treating a drunken thief with dignity and compassion instead of responding…
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Ulric Legouest
- Jun 18, 2011
Tears on the front lawn
A student shares on the emotional impact of a memorial event for the soldiers killed…
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Incarcerated people Reflections on anger
Stories from incarcerated people about their struggles with anger and other afflictions.
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Building courage and compassion
Cultivating compassion towards those whose values seem to be completely different than ours.
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Celebration of Buddha’s enlightenment
An incarcerated person's gratitude to his sangha, discussing his history of violence, his discovery of…
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Prison and prayer
How practice sustained an incarcerated person during several weeks in solitary confinement.
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Reverend Kalen McAllister A gift: an incarcerated person lets go of anger
How a person in prison stopped himself from creating great harm.
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Jobekah Trotta
- Jun 18, 2011
A remarkable story
A mother's story of how her son was changed by reading a Dharma book and…
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Juliet
- Jun 18, 2011
Gasp! I was the angry person you were talking about!
Seeing our attachment to anger is the first step to transforming it.
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Not feeding the fire
Within a small space, in a tense situation, a person in prison shares his struggle…
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Teaching children by example
Actions speak louder than words. Our children will learn loving-kindness, forgiveness, and patience only though…
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