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 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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Self-compassion
What it means to have self-compassion and how it helps to cultivate compassion for others.…
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Exchanging self and others and taking and giving
How the taking and giving meditation is a powerful tool for eradicating self-centeredness and cultivating…
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Rules of the universe and the benefits of cherishing...
How to identify our personal "Rules of the Universe" and their connection to the self-centered…
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The disadvantages of self-centeredness
Decreasing self-centeredness broadens our view beyond ourselves and changes our relationship with others and the…
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Learning, Living, and Teaching Bodhicitta
The publication of Venerable Thubten Chodron's panel talk at The International Conference on the Life,…
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Clarifying misconceptions about compassion
How Lama Tsongkhapa's teachings help to clarify misconceptions about compassion and why ethical conduct is…
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“Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature”: An...
Anger is one of the afflictions causing us to revolve in samsara. A commentary on…
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Creating habits for happiness
How to establish daily habits at home and at work that will lead to greater…
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Venerable Thubten Samten The kindness of others
Contemplating the kindness of others promotes a feeling of being connected and establishes a firm…
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Equalizing and exchanging self and others
Equalizing ourselves and others means recognizing that others wish for joy and freedom from misery…
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Venerable Thubten Jigme Love and compassion
Developing love and compassion, steps four and five of the seven-point instruction to cultivate altruism,…
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