Thubten Chodron

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Working with Anger

Anger, imputations and assumptions

We impute meaning on things and expect others to agree without clarifying.

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Working with Anger

Anger and the self-centered mind

How to oppose the self-centered mind and more techniques for dealing with anger.

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Working with Anger

Contemplating the faults of anger

Two faults of anger to contemplate and why Buddhahood depends on even cockroaches.

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Working with Anger

Anger and attachment are equally unhelpful

How anger and attachment cause us to exaggerate and project qualities onto people and things.

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Dharma in Action

Compassion in our country

How harming others is actually harming ourselves and the importance of compassion.

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Ethics in the Modern World

Buddhist Monastic Experience

How Tibetan Buddhism can help modern people live ethically and with compassion.

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Workplace Wisdom

Compassion in the workplace

How to repay the kindness of others using our unique talents and abilities.

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Conducive conditions to develop serenity

Explaining the six essential conditions necessary for developing serenity in retreat, drawing from Indian and…

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Seven-point Mind Training

Commitments and instructions of mind training

The measure of having transformed one’s thoughts, the commitments of thought training, and instructions of…

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Seven-point Mind Training

The five powers in life and death

Changing adverse circumstances into the path and elucidating a lifetime’s practice.

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

The importance of developing serenity

Covering a descriptive definition of serenity, and explaining some of the many benefits of developing…

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