anger

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

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On Overcoming Anger

Valuable lesson learned

Responding to a situation or problem without anger or attachment but with compassion in order…

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Antidotes to Afflictions

Antidotes to afflictions

Definitions, disadvantages and antidotes for key afflictions: attachment, anger, jealousy, and arrogance.

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37 Practices of Bodhisattvas

Working on the mind

Different practices to work with the eight worldly concerns and cultivating the six far-reaching attitudes…

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Prison Dharma

Fill yourself with good qualities

Ever feel like a prisoner? During a meditation for people who work with incarcerated people,…

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Speaking Wisely and Kindly

Hurtful words, healing words

Being mindful of our speech so as to prevent ourselves from harming others.

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Healing Anger

Anger poisons our happiness

Transforming anger by changing the behavior patterns of attachment, hostility, and loneliness.

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Green Tara

Arya Tara: A star by which to navigate

Who Tara is, an explanation of the practice of Tara, and how Tara frees us…

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On Meditation

Doing retreat in prison

A person in prison describes the challenges of retreat practice inside prison and the benefits…

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Bodhisattva Path

The seed of enlightenment

Letting go of bias, anger, resentment, and grudges, and how to cultivate equanimity, kindness, and…

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Wheel of Sharp Weapons Retreat 2004

Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 35-42

Continuing to look at actions and their results, how to keep the mind focused on…

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On Mindfulness

Transforming the three times

How to use the present wisely to create causes for a happy future instead of…

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The face of an angry man.
On Overcoming Anger

Creating problems

Reflections by a person in prison about his recent treatment of others, contrasting it with…

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