Healing Anger
Learn antidotes to anger, such as compassion and fortitude, and how to apply them to cool the heat of anger.
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Working with Anger
Teachings on "Working with Anger" given at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day starting in 2025.
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Working with Anger
A variety of Buddhist methods for subduing anger, not by changing what is happening, but by working with our minds to frame situations differently. No matter what our religion, learning to work with anger can benefit us all.
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An Open-Hearted Life
How do we turn “do more, have more, be more” on its head and cultivate compassion as the key to happiness? An Open-Hearted Life offers practical Buddhist and Western psychological approaches to opening our hearts. (U.S. edition)
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Living with an Open Heart
How do we turn “do more, have more, be more” on its head and cultivate compassion as the key to happiness? Living with an Open Heart offers practical Buddhist and Western psychological approaches to opening our hearts. (UK edition)
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Related Series
Dealing with Anger (Tricycle 2006)
Telephone teachings on anger for Tricycle Magazine given May 10–31, 2006.
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Disarming the Mind Retreat (Italy 2017)
Teachings given during a retreat on “Disarming the Mind: Working with Anger for a Happier Life” at the Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Pomaia, Italy.
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Working with Anger and Developing Fortitude (Mexico 2015)
Teachings on chapter six of Shantideva’s Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds given at various venues in Mexico in April 2015. With consecutive translation into Spanish.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Inappropriate attention, attachment, and anger
The relationship between attachment and anger.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Venerable Thubten Samten Meditation on anger is not effective for social change
Guided meditation on replacing anger with compassion to address injustice.
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Meditation on exploring if anger is useful
Guided meditation investigating anger's usefulness.
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Meditation on the benefits of fortitude
Guided analytical meditation looking at the advantages of patience.
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The Alternative of fortitude
Fortitude allows us to remain calm in the face of harm or difficulties.
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Meditation on the disadvantages of anger
Reflection on how anger affects the body, mind and those around us.
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