Working with Emotions

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

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Contentment and Happiness

Optimism and renunciation

Response to a query from a SAFE student on how to have an optimistic mind…

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Contentment and Happiness

The power of optimism

Rejoicing in the positive mental states and good hearts of Abbey friends.

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Cultivating Compassion

Living an open-hearted life

A daylong seminar offering perspectives on compassion from Buddhism and psychology from Venerable Thubten Chodron…

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Close-up of Mudita the cat looking into the camera.
Love and Self-esteem

Wisdom, love, and hatred

Verses from Buddhist scriptures on how to overcome the obstacles to cultivating love.

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Close-up of Mudita the cat looking into the camera.
Love and Self-esteem

Obstacles and antidotes

Further discussion of the obstacles to cultivating love and how to work with them.

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Close-up of Mudita the cat looking into the camera.
Love and Self-esteem

Cultivating love

On the difference between love and attachment, and the obstacles to cultivating love.

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Working with Emotions

Helping angry people

We cannot control other people; we can only accept where they are at right now.

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Contentment and Happiness

Inner peace, world peace

How freeing the mind from destructive emotions can change the world.

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Firefighters helping someone.
Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Fear about the world

Anxiety about the state of the world can be eased by reflecting on the kindness…

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Cultivating Compassion

Healing the mind

How to cultivate compassion in healthy and sustainable ways that benefit both ourselves and others.

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Living with an Open Heart

“Living with an Open Heart” book launch

A lively discussion about the book, Living with an Open Heart: How to Cultivate Compassion…

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Statue of a Buddha in front of a heart-shaped stone.
Living with an Open Heart

Advice on living with an open heart

An exploration of the Buddha's teachings in helping us develop compassion in our lives and…

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