anger

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

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On Cultivating Wisdom

Watering seeds

We have a choice as to the kinds of seeds we plant in our mindstream.…

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Sangha and lay practitioners listening carefully as Venerable Chodron teaches.
Contentment and Happiness

Finding true happiness

Looking for happiness in all the wrong places? True happiness and contentment are not created…

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On Meditation

Changing

Accepting one's feelings of anger and pride leads to a greater understanding of oneself, and…

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Responding to Prejudice

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina

Advice to two Dharma students on extending compassion to those directly suffering and those distressed…

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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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