Don't Believe Everything You Think
Teachings by Venerable Thubten Chodron based on the book “Don't Believe Everything You Think.”
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Transforming suffering
Looking at our reactions when we face adversity, and how we can transform pain and…
View PostFacing blame
Recognizing attachment to reputation and examining the mind's reaction when it is threatened.
View PostWorking with criticism
How to see those who criticize us and challenge us as teachers who point out…
View PostSquashing our ego
If we have confidence in our good qualities, it will not matter what others say…
View PostEnding the pity party
How to work with the mind that wants to wallow in self-pity. We can use…
View PostDon’t let success go to your head
Examining how real happiness is found inside, not outside in any form of wealth or…
View PostWorking with anger
Examining how the source of our anger is our own mind, and that we have…
View PostThe misery of attachment
Investigating the affliction of attachment and how it leads to dissatisfaction and dukkha. Changing our…
View PostChasing rainbows
What actually is chocolate? When we look closely at the objects we are attached to…
View PostSuffering is like a dream
Looking at things and people in a more realistic way can help us have a…
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