Working with Emotions

How to identify disturbing emotions, their causes and antidotes, and transform them to bring inner peace.

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An Open-Hearted Life

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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An Open-Hearted Life

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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An Open-Hearted Life

Compassionate understanding of emotions

How a compassionate understanding of how emotions play out in our minds gives us a…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Mindful awareness

Mindful awareness helps us to observe, accept and take responsibility for our emotions, so we…

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Person's finger pushing a button in an elevator.
Healing Anger

Getting rid of my buttons

Wrong conceptions lie at the root of many of the problems we encounter in dealing…

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An Open-Hearted Life

A different kind of strength

Compassion is based on inner strength that helps us remain present with own and others…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Confusion about compassion

While everyone admires compassion, there is a lot of confusion about it. It's good to…

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Living with an Open Heart

“Living with an Open Heart”: An introduc...

Having an open heart means changing our perspective and motivation. It leads to seeing others…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Courageous compassion

Compassion includes the courage to stay when things get tough and deal with discomfort that…

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Contentment and Happiness

It’s not about the money: “Sutta on the Dung B...

How attachment to worldly concerns like fame, gain, and praise are obstacles to spiritual progress.…

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Ven. Chodron smiling and entering the centre with Ven. Damcho.
Contentment and Happiness

How to be happy without attachment

When we can release our clinging and attachment there is more satisfaction and contentment in…

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