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Teachings on the mental affliction of anxiety, including its causes and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Attributes of true origins: Conditions
How craving and karma function as conditions that create suffering in cyclic existence as well.
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Attributes of true dukkha: Impermanence
How to meditate on coarse and subtle impermanence.
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Responding to the election results
Venerable Thubten Chodron responds to the results of the presidential election.
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Respect for common American values
A reflection on the controversy around athletes' recent protests of the killings of black men.
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Seeking unity, not division
Venerable Thubten Chodron shares on "The Thin Blue Line Between Us," a news article by…
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Cultivating equanimity in a time of violence
A response to a student's letter on the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile,…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Quieting the mind after the news
A meditation on Chenrezig in the wake of the past week's shootings of black men…
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More reflections on the Orlando tragedy
Perspectives from students who wrote in after hearing Venerable Chodron's talk on the Orlando tragedy.
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Finding hope after the Orlando massacre
How to remain compassionate and avoid despair after the tragic killings in Orlando, Florida.
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Disadvantages of the self-centered attitude
How the self-centered attitude creates difficulties in our lives.
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Antidotes to jealousy
How to overcome our resistance to rejoicing in others' good fortune.
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Venerable Thubten Jigme Practicing when having surgery
A monastic at Sravasti Abbey relies on her Dharma practice when facing surgery.
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