Working with Anger
Teachings on "Working with Anger" given at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day starting in 2025.
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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Working with Anger
A short, freely distributed booklet, subsequently expanded into a full length book. This text starts us on the path to transforming anger into a peaceful, patient, kind mind and heart.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The Alternative of fortitude
Fortitude allows us to remain calm in the face of harm or difficulties.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Meditation on the disadvantages of anger
Reflection on how anger affects the body, mind and those around us.
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Is anger beneficial?
Questioning our assumptions about anger, it's causes and consequences.
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Meditation on the sense of self behind anger
Guided investigation of the "I" that feels anger.
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Meditation on how anger distorts our perception of o...
Meditation on how anger affects our view of others.
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Venerable Thubten Pema Guided meditation on examining anger
Meditation on examining the experience of anger and how it affects us.
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Anger, imputations and assumptions
We impute meaning on things and expect others to agree without clarifying.
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Anger and the self-centered mind
How to oppose the self-centered mind and more techniques for dealing with anger.
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Contemplating the faults of anger
Two faults of anger to contemplate and why Buddhahood depends on even cockroaches.
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