anxiety
Teachings on the mental affliction of anxiety, including its causes and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Dealing with situations when things fall apart
By changing our perspective, problems and adversity can become the source of resilience and joy.…
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The benefits of remembering death
Remembering death shifts our mind away from the happiness of this life and helps us…
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Attachment to the body
Contemplating the amount of time we spend seeking pleasure for and pampering our body when…
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Venerable Thubten Jampa Welcoming refugees
Bringing a positive outlook to the situation of refugees in Europe, seeing it as an…
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Working with jealousy
Verses from Shantideva's "Engaging in a Bodhisattva's Deeds" on how to counteract jealousy by rejoicing.
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Valuing our intelligence
Contemplating the rarity of having a human intelligence to study and practice the Dharma, and…
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Fear about the world
Anxiety about the state of the world can be eased by reflecting on the kindness…
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How to practice between sessions
Seeing our afflictions as mere mind moments that have a similar "flavor" to which we…
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No compassion, no peace
A social and Dharma perspective on the recent grand jury decision not to indict the…
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Verse 76: The most powerful army
By cultivating an army of positive qualities, we can vanquish our afflictions and be truly…
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We are all Michael Brown and Darren Wilson
Using the Dharma to process outrage at the Grand Jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri to…
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