Working with Emotions
How to identify disturbing emotions, their causes and antidotes, and transform them to bring inner peace.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Clarifying misconceptions about compassion
How Lama Tsongkhapa's teachings help to clarify misconceptions about compassion and why ethical conduct is…
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“Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature”: An...
Anger is one of the afflictions causing us to revolve in samsara. A commentary on…
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Creating habits for happiness
How to establish daily habits at home and at work that will lead to greater…
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Venerable Thubten Samten The kindness of others
Contemplating the kindness of others promotes a feeling of being connected and establishes a firm…
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Equalizing and exchanging self and others
Equalizing ourselves and others means recognizing that others wish for joy and freedom from misery…
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Venerable Thubten Jigme Love and compassion
Developing love and compassion, steps four and five of the seven-point instruction to cultivate altruism,…
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The seven-point instruction of cause and effect
How to reflect on the first three steps of the seven-point instruction to recognize the…
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Cultivating compassion and equanimity
Equanimity, a mind free from bias and indifference, is important in order to have the…
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Imagery and method acting: Cultivating our compassio...
How we can use our imagination to develop compassion and other positive qualities.
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Establishing compassionate habits
As with learning any new skill or habit, it takes purposeful effort to establish compassionate…
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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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