An Open-Hearted Life
Teachings on "An Open-Hearted Life" given at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day since April 2017.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Beyond Blame
How it's possible to go beyond blaming others or our self and work together to…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Being responsible for our emotions
When disturbing emotions arise we have a choice. The Buddhist teachings offer practical methods to…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi A Healthy Diet for the Mind
How cultivating compassion is like engaging in a mental fitness program for the mind. What…
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Becoming friends with ourselves
Becoming our own friend means treating ourselves with kindness, respect and compassion; celebrating our successes…
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Working with unwanted thoughts and emotions
How we can work over time to replace troublesome thoughts and emotions with more compassionate…
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The power of optimism and types of emotion
How an optimistic attitude is important in maintaining compassion. A look at different ways to…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Compassionate understanding of emotions
How a compassionate understanding of how emotions play out in our minds gives us a…
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Mindful awareness
Mindful awareness helps us to observe, accept and take responsibility for our emotions, so we…
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A different kind of strength
Compassion is based on inner strength that helps us remain present with own and others…
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Venerable Thubten Jigme Confusion about compassion
While everyone admires compassion, there is a lot of confusion about it. It's good to…
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Courageous compassion
Compassion includes the courage to stay when things get tough and deal with discomfort that…
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Strength, joy, and compassion
Getting clear about what compassion is and is not. Increasing compassion by changing our perspective…
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