anger
Teachings on the mental affliction of anger, including its causes, disadvantages, and antidotes.
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Advice for a child with a chronic illness
Advice to a young girl with diabetes on how to transform difficult emotions around her…
View PostA new friendship
A remarkable story of treating a drunken thief with dignity and compassion instead of responding…
View PostTears on the front lawn
A student shares on the emotional impact of a memorial event for the soldiers killed…
View PostReflections on anger
Stories from incarcerated people about their struggles with anger and other afflictions.
View PostBuilding courage and compassion
Cultivating compassion towards those whose values seem to be completely different than ours.
View PostCelebration of Buddha’s enlightenment
An incarcerated person's gratitude to his sangha, discussing his history of violence, his discovery of…
View PostPrison and prayer
How practice sustained an incarcerated person during several weeks in solitary confinement.
View PostA gift: an incarcerated person lets go of anger
How a person in prison stopped himself from creating great harm.
View PostA remarkable story
A mother's story of how her son was changed by reading a Dharma book and…
View PostGasp! I was the angry person you were talking about!
Seeing our attachment to anger is the first step to transforming it.
View PostNot feeding the fire
Within a small space, in a tense situation, a person in prison shares his struggle…
View PostTeaching children by example
Actions speak louder than words. Our children will learn loving-kindness, forgiveness, and patience only though…
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