Don't Believe Everything You Think (2013-16)
Teachings on Don’t Believe Everything You Think given at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day. The book is a commentary on "The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas" by Gyelsay Togmay Zangpo.
Transforming suffering
Venerable Thubten Chodron Looking at our reactions when we face adversity, and how we can transform pain and suffering into the path by means of the taking and…
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Facing blame
Venerable Thubten Tarpa Recognizing attachment to reputation and examining the mind's reaction when it is threatened.
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Working with criticism
How to see those who criticize us and challenge us as teachers who point out our faults in order to help us improve.
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Squashing our ego
If we have confidence in our good qualities, it will not matter what others say about us. We can own up to our mistakes without…
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Ending the pity party
How to work with the mind that wants to wallow in self-pity. We can use taking and giving meditation to feel connected to others in…
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Don’t let success go to your head
Examining how real happiness is found inside, not outside in any form of wealth or success.
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Working with anger
Venerable Thubten Chonyi Examining how the source of our anger is our own mind, and that we have the potential to be free of anger and have a…
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The misery of attachment
Venerable Thubten Semkye Investigating the affliction of attachment and how it leads to dissatisfaction and dukkha. Changing our perspective can decrease attachment.
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Chasing rainbows
What actually is chocolate? When we look closely at the objects we are attached to we can't actually find what they are. They are like…
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Suffering is like a dream
Looking at things and people in a more realistic way can help us have a different response and reduce the dukkha experienced.
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