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 Wisdom, love, and hatred
Verses from Buddhist scriptures on how to overcome the obstacles to cultivating love.
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Obstacles and antidotes
Further discussion of the obstacles to cultivating love and how to work with them.
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Cultivating love
On the difference between love and attachment, and the obstacles to cultivating love.
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Helping angry people
We cannot control other people; we can only accept where they are at right now.
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Inner peace, world peace
How freeing the mind from destructive emotions can change the world.
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Fear about the world
Anxiety about the state of the world can be eased by reflecting on the kindness…
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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” book launch
A lively discussion about the book, Living with an Open Heart: How to Cultivate Compassion…
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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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The formula for happiness
In searching for happiness we need to cultivate our ability to love people more openly,…
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The love of money
How attachment to wealth breeds anxiety and dissatisfaction, and how contentment with what we have…
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Love people, not pleasure
In the search for happiness, attachment to fame and reputation is a major cause of…
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