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 A heart of compassion
The meaning of compassion and the importance of distinguishing between compassion and self-centered distress.
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Challenges to forgiveness
We can generate forgiveness and compassion for those who harm ourselves or others. Forgiveness does…
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Causes of happiness
The near and far enemies of love and the true causes of happiness that we…
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The kindness of sentient beings
How to reflect on the kindness of all sentient beings, including our enemies, at both…
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Defining love and happiness
Examining how we define "love" and "happiness," why we like friends, have apathy for strangers,…
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The 12 steps of Co-Dependents Anonymous
Practicing the 12 steps of Co-Dependents Anonymous with a Buddhist approach.
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The true meaning of forgiveness
Clarifying the meaning of forgiveness and how it allows us to cultivate compassion in difficult…
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Conventional and ultimate recovery
Therapy, as in a 12-step program, can bring about conventional healing, while Dharma practice brings…
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Visualization and purification
We need a combination of the awakening activities of the Buddhas and our own effort…
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Re-writing the 12 steps, 8-12
Finishing up re-writing the 12 steps, how purification and confession fit in, and getting in…
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Re-writing the 12 steps, 1-7
How to rely on refuge in the Three Jewels, our inner wisdom and compassion, and…
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Making requests and self-reliance
We request the Buddha's for inspiration along the path, but we must do the work…
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