When disturbing emotions arise we have a choice. The Buddhist teachings offer practical methods to change counterproductive, habitual emotional responses.
“An Open-Hearted Life”: Being responsible for our emotions
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These are the latest articles with audio. Some of them might be part of a longer series — to find out, browse the individual articles.
How to have a happy mind
Happiness comes from internal transformation. How to use Buddhist teachings to change our own motivation and attitudes to benefit ourselves and others.
“Eight Verses of Thought Transformation”
A commentary on the eight verses and how they can change our perspective—how we see ourselves and others and deal with difficult situations.
Homage to great compassion
A commentary on Chandrakirti’s text explaining three kinds of compassion, and how compassion is the seed, the water and the ripened harvest of Dharma practice.
The five main topics studied in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries
An overview of the educational program in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries with descriptions of the five preliminary topics and five main topics studied.
Review of attachment
Venerable Thubten Nyima leads a review of the Chapter 3 section on “Emotions and Klesas,” focusing specifically on the subsection on attachment.
Living in the precepts
The joy of living in the Dharma. The importance of bodhicitta and how it helps getting through difficulties and hardships.
Facsimiles of direct perceivers
Venerable Sangye Khadro teaches on facsimiles of direct perceivers and inferential cognizers.
Review of emotions and feelings
Venerable Thubten Chonyi leads a review of the section “Buddhism, Science, and Emotions” from Chapter 3 “Mind and Emotions.”
Seven kinds of awareness
Venerable Sangye Khadro covering the division of prime and non-prime cognizers, and direct perceivers.