anger

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

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Closeup of Green Tara thangka.
Green Tara

Apologies and forgiveness

What it means to apologize and how to make and receive apologies, what forgiveness is…

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Green Tara tsa tsa with gold trim in front of leaves.
Green Tara

A discussion about anger

Considering our patterns of anger, what we get angry about and why. Are we being…

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Green Tara tsa tsa with gold trim in front of leaves.
Green Tara

The Tara practice

Brief instructions and a guided meditation on Green Tara incorporating the four opponent powers.

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Green Tara tsa tsa with gold trim in front of leaves.
Green Tara

A weekend with Tara

A workshop conducted at Tai Pei Buddhist Center in Singapore in 2006. Describing who Tara…

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Thangka image of Vajrasattva.
On Meditation

Better than a hell realm

A person in prison makes use of the tonglen practice while participating in the retreat…

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The words Life made up of Scrabble letters with water droplets on it.
Dharma in Daily Life

The meaning and purpose of life

The underlying meaning and purpose for being alive and what is important at the time…

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Mindfulness

The right kind of mindfulness

While being mindful of daily activity is a worthwhile practice, the mindfulness that leads to…

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A woman wearing a mask covering her face, one side of the mask with an open eye and word Happy and the other side of the mask a crying eye with the word Sad.
On Love, Compassion, and Bodhicitta

Masks

Wearing masks become part of our life so that we are able to hide our…

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A man mediating in a park, surrounded by trees and leaves.
Working with Emotions

Making friends with ourselves

Discovering our Buddha potential by investigating the source of lasting happiness and cultivating the heart…

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Venerable Chodron in front of an altar, teaching.
Bodhisattva Path

Three ways to see bodhicitta in terms of dependent a...

How to use the understanding of dependence on causes and conditions, parts and mental labeling…

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Fingers coming through a white wall
On Overcoming Anger

Making the teachings personal

An incarcerated person reflects on refuge and the insights he has developed through practice.

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