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 On marital separation
How to work with the mind when going through separation in relationships.
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Don’t trust me to fly a plane!
We can create unreasonable expectations of others, and trust them more than they can bear.…
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Forgiving after a betrayal
When trust has been broken, the best antidote is forgiveness. We don't forget, but we…
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The four opponent actions for healing broken trust
Practical steps to restoring a trusting relationship. The four opponent powers specifically in healing trust…
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What mental factors protect trust?
Several mental factors, like mindfulness and consideration for others, can help us to remain trustworthy…
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Healing broken trust
In trying to repair a relationship where trust has been broken, it's important to be…
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Criteria of trust
Examining the criteria we use for trusting others. We should base trust on how people…
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Venerable Thubten Tsultrim 
Forgiving ourselves and others
How to cultivate forgiveness by first accepting our own imperfections and mistakes and extending compassion…
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Transforming anger
Learning to react to situations with love and compassion instead of anger.
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Antidotes to anger
The third of three talks given at a retreat on how to practice forgiveness by…
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Anger versus clarity
The second of three talks given at a retreat on how to practice forgiveness by…
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