Working with Emotions
How to identify disturbing emotions, their causes and antidotes, and transform them to bring inner peace.
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Working with jealousy
Verses from Shantideva's "Engaging in a Bodhisattva's Deeds" on how to counteract jealousy by rejoicing.
View PostThe way of compassion
A conversational talk on compassion for The Yoga Hour with Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian.
View PostThe happiness of an open-hearted life
By opening our heart to others our life becomes more meaningful and harmonious. A look…
View PostOur capacity for kindness
Cultivating compassion for specific groups of people and how this inner work transforms our everyday…
View PostBecoming our own best friend
How to cultivate a healthy long-term friendship with ourselves. Learning to recognize the self-centered thought…
View PostDeveloping compassion
Definition of compassion and the conditions we already have in place to cultivate it.
View PostTransforming anger into compassion
Anger isn't subdued by rearranging the world and the beings in it, but through internal…
View PostThe Buddhist approach to happiness
Living life with the view that my happiness is most important actually leads to unhappiness.…
View PostCultivating love and kindness
A talk on working with disturbing emotions based on the book "An Open-Hearted Life."
View PostOptimism and renunciation
Response to a query from a SAFE student on how to have an optimistic mind…
View PostThe power of optimism
Rejoicing in the positive mental states and good hearts of Abbey friends.
View PostLiving an open-hearted life
A daylong seminar offering perspectives on compassion from Buddhism and psychology from Venerable Thubten Chodron…
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