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

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Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Ruminating

How to use our precious human life to develop love, compassion, and wisdom.

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Venerable Chodron, smiling.
Working with Emotions

Working with emotions

Practical advice from personal experience on the medicine to apply to an afflicted mind.

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Cultivating Compassion

Kindness of mothers (all beings)

By developing love and compassion we can repay the kindness of all beings.

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Bronze statue of White Tara.
Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Working with doubt

Recognizing and managing a doubtful mind.

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Working with Emotions

Forebearance

How fortitude helps us develop inner strength.

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Venerable Chodron teaching at Gardenia Center.
Love and Self-esteem

A commentary on “The Rose”

A Buddhist perspective on the lyrics of a popular song reveals insights on our lived…

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Working with Emotions

Intolerance: Look Into Your Own Mind

We must overcome our own habits of intolerance and prejudice before we can help others.

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Children swinging and smiling.
Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Joy and courage

Continuing the discussion on joy and courage, and a discussion on verses about love and…

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Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Transforming depression and anxiety

Recognizing how thoughts fuel emotions, how happiness and suffering originate within the mind, and cultivating…

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Cultivating Compassion

Kuan Yin and compassion

Checking our motivation is essential for developing compassion.

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Young woman sitting alone, leaning against a wall.
Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Latka: Feeling left out

Buddhist practice provides inner peace and a sense of belonging.

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Ven. Chodron smiling.
Healing Anger

Examining anger and its antidotes

Anger is a broad category of emotions based on exaggeration. When we can recognize it…

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