Working with Emotions

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

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An Open-Hearted Life

Connecting with compassion

The importance of having compassionate individuals in our lives, who can inspire our own practice…

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An Open-Hearted Life

The importance of regular practice

The benefits of a regular meditation practice, the obstacles that may arise and how to…

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An Open-Hearted Life

The four immeasurables

The four immeasurables—love, compassion, joy and equanimity—present a way to relate to other living beings…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Compassionate thinking and mentalizing

To develop compassion, we want to nurture beneficial and realistic ways of thinking and avoid…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Compassion and empathy

How empathy is a core component of compassion, both in being able to feel compassion…

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Forgiveness

The four opponent powers

Explaining the four opponent powers of purification, and encouraging us to take responsibility for our…

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Forgiveness

Stories of forgiveness

Continuing with the Gift of Forgiveness retreat, discussing various stories of forgiveness to illustrate the…

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Forgiveness

Understanding disturbing emotions

Leading a question and answer session and exploring how to understand our disturbing emotions so…

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Forgiveness

The disadvantages of holding grudges

Beginning the Gift of Forgiveness retreat, discussing the disadvantages of anger, overcoming a culture of…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Working with judgement and partiality

A look at the source of our judgement and bias, its influence on interactions, and…

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Cultivating Compassion

Cultivating compassion for ourselves and others

An interview on what it means to have compassion for ourselves, opening our heart to…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Self-compassion

What it means to have self-compassion and how it helps to cultivate compassion for others.…

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