Working with Emotions

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

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Cultivating Compassion

The kindness of others

The third of three talks given at a retreat on how to cultivate compassion. Further…

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Cultivating Compassion

Developing compassion

The second of three talks given at a retreat on how to cultivate compassion. Learning…

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A glass heart and with glass tears on a reflective surface.
Cultivating Compassion

Developing equanimity

The first of three talks given at a retreat on how to cultivate compassion. The…

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Contentment and Happiness

Buddhism and consumerism

A talk on how consumerism affects society and its impact on Buddhism in America.

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Cultivating Compassion

Curing our self-centeredness

Compassion can serve as a powerful antidote to our self-preoccupation and free us from our…

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Guest at the Abbey, turning prayer wheels.
Contentment and Happiness

Making decisions for long term benefit

How to find true long term happiness by acting ethically and benefiting others.

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Guest at the Abbey, turning prayer wheels.
Contentment and Happiness

Purifying our wrong actions

Explanation of generating regret for our past actions and making a determination not to repeat…

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Guest at the Abbey, turning prayer wheels.
Contentment and Happiness

Craving for pleasures

How we cling to sense pleasures, our own ways of doing things, and examining if…

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Guest at the Abbey, turning prayer wheels.
Contentment and Happiness

Ethical conduct and motivation

The meaning of happiness, how anger and attachment cause suffering, and the benefits of a…

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Venerable Chodron in South India with the reincarnation of her teacher, Ling Rinpoche.
Working with Emotions

Cultivating emotional balance

Focusing on our own problems only makes them worse. Expanding our view to consider other…

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