Working with Emotions

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

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Building Trust

Criteria of trust

Examining the criteria we use for trusting others. We should base trust on how people…

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Venerable Chodron teaching.
Forgiveness

Forgiving ourselves and others

How to cultivate forgiveness by first accepting our own imperfections and mistakes and extending compassion…

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Healing Anger

Transforming anger

Learning to react to situations with love and compassion instead of anger.

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Forgiveness

Antidotes to anger

The third of three talks given at a retreat on how to practice forgiveness by…

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Forgiveness

Anger versus clarity

The second of three talks given at a retreat on how to practice forgiveness by…

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Forgiveness

Retreating from anger

The first of three talks given at a retreat on how to practice forgiveness by…

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Woman looking unhappy.
Healing Anger

My favorite pastime: complaining

We can develop bodhicitta by practicing self-compassion, awareness of inner feelings, and motivation to change.

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Forgiveness

Kindness and forgiveness

Forgiving is an act of letting go of our own anger. We cultivate compassion by…

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Forgiveness

The heart of forgiveness

What forgiveness is and practical advice on how to cultivate it.

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Statue near a pond of a Buddha meditating.
Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Dealing with anxiety

Anxiety can be ameliorated through meditation and kindness towards self and others.

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Statue of Kuan Yin.
Cultivating Compassion

Building courage and compassion

Cultivating compassion towards those whose values seem to be completely different than ours.

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