Working with Emotions

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

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Venerable Chodron signs a book for a Dharma student at Tibet House Frankfurt.
Living with an Open Heart

Misconceptions about compassion

While everyone admires compassion, there is a lot of confusion about it. In addition to…

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Venerable Chodron signs a book for a Dharma student at Tibet House Frankfurt.
Living with an Open Heart

Overcoming the obstacles to developing compassion

Recognizing the four qualities of self-centeredness that impede developing compasssion and looking at the ways…

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Venerable Chodron signs a book for a Dharma student at Tibet House Frankfurt.
Living with an Open Heart

Compassion and interdependence

When we see that we are dependent on others we see the importance of caring…

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Venerable Chodron signs a book for a Dharma student at Tibet House Frankfurt.
Working with Emotions

A warm heart in a complex world

In terms of having a kind heart it doesn't matter if the world is more…

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Venerable Chodron signs a book for a Dharma student at Tibet House Frankfurt.
Working with Emotions

Cultivating emotional balance

Learning to handle our emotions instead of being under their control strengthens and makes us…

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Contentment and Happiness

Caught up in consumerism

Acquiring things and going into debt does not fill up the empty hole of dissatisfaction.…

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Cultivating Compassion

Transforming the mind with compassion

How to cultivate compassion and transform the mind that insists on taking care of "ME."

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Silhouette of man looking sad.
Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Dealing with situations when things fall apart

By changing our perspective, problems and adversity can become the source of resilience and joy.…

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Love and Self-esteem

Love does no harm

How to practice harmlessness and love through good ethical conduct, especially in terms of our…

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Cultivating Compassion

An open-hearted life: The meaning of compassion

Examining the meaning of compassion from the perspective of Buddhism and psychology with co-authors Venerable…

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Healing Anger

Working with jealousy

Verses from Shantideva's "Engaging in a Bodhisattva's Deeds" on how to counteract jealousy by rejoicing.

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Cultivating Compassion

The way of compassion

A conversational talk on compassion for The Yoga Hour with Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian.

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