depression
Teachings on the mental affliction of depression, including its causes and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Transforming anxiety and depression in a rapidly cha...
Discussion of the source of anxiety and related emotions and some practical antidotes to counteract…
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Eighty-four thousand afflictions
Completing Chapter 3, covering five hindrances and beginning Chapter 4, describing how fear, anxiety and…
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How a Buddhist deals with burnout
Factors that lead to burnout and how to avoid it in professional work, volunteer work,…
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Incarcerated people Selflessness keeps you out of SHU
From a teaching by Venerable Chodron, an incarcerated person learns to train consistently to deal…
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Being a friend to yourself
Cultivating self-acceptance, letting go of false thoughts about ourselves and caring for others leads to…
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Meeting adversity with joy
Advice on how to face anger and hatred with calm and creativity.
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Overcoming fear and preconceptions
A motivation to work with the fear and misleading preconceptions that arise in the face…
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Venerable Thubten Jigme We all can overcome our wrong views
A story of a man who used to be a white supremacist and transformed his…
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Bodhisattva versus white supremacist
Venerable Thubten Chodron comments on the Charlottesville protest rally.
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Why we need compassion
In the face of human hardship, compassion is the only response that makes sense. It…
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Attributes of true origins: Conditions
How craving and karma function as conditions that create suffering in cyclic existence as well.
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Attributes of true dukkha: Impermanence
How to meditate on coarse and subtle impermanence.
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