Actualizing the Perfection of Patience
Lama Yeshe teaches on Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend and the importance of developing patience in situations where strong emotions arise.
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Delusions > Anger
Teachings
Feeling Suicidal
Advice for people who are contemplating suicide. Rinpoche explains how to use depression on the path to enlightenment, by changing our focus from self to others.
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Depression > Feeling Suicidal
Child Depressed and Suicidal
Contemplating Suicide
Depression After Best Friend Passed Away
Depression and Suicidal Thoughts
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Advice on Depression
Advice on how to transform depression and use it on the path to enlightenment.
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Depression > Advice on Depression
Advice and Practices for Depression and Long Life
Advice on Transforming Depression
Balloon Mantras for Daughter's Depression
Battling with Depression
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Don't Be Shortsighted
Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches that Dharma practice needs continual effort for a long time in order to achieve liberation and enlightenment, in this excerpt from the 39th Kopan Course.
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Delusions
Suicide Is Not the Solution
In this teaching, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that instead of ending our life by committing suicide, we can use this precious human rebirth to bring benefit and happiness to ourselves and others.
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Depression > Feeling Suicidal
Desire and Attachment
Advice on how to overcome attachment by reflecting on the nature of the body, the sufferings of samsara, and the emptiness, or lack of true existence, of the object of attachment.
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Delusions > Desire and Attachment
A Vacation from Attachment
Attachment and Ordination
Attachment to a Good Reputation
Clinging to Worldly Pleasure
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The Remedy to Depression Is a Good Heart and Purification (Video)
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that depression and anxiety can be overcome by practicing the good heart and cherishing others instead of oneself.
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Depression
Anger
Advice on how to eliminate anger by practicing patience and thus contributing to world peace.
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Delusions > Anger
Various Illnesses
Advice on practices which may be beneficial for a range of illnesses and health problems. Please note: the advice is not intended to replace medical treatment. Always contact your health care professional if you have health concerns.
Topics:
Sickness and Health > General Illnesses > Various Illnesses
Don't Get Angry at the Stick
The real enemy is ignorance, the self-cherishing thought, so there’s no reason to get angry with external conditions
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Delusions > Anger
Is Attachment Completely Negative?
How to deal with attachment, so we remain calm and clear when experiencing pleasure.
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Delusions
The Path to Total Freedom
We have the potential to be totally free from the suffering of samsara and its cause, delusion and karma.
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Delusions
Chapters:
The Dissatisfied Mind
When the mind is under the control of disturbing thoughts there is no peace or happiness
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Delusions
The Shortcomings of Anger
In order to control anger, we must reflect well on its shortcomings
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Delusions > Anger
The Shortcomings of Harmful Thoughts
Recognizing and renouncing harmful thoughts and actions brings peace and a meaningful life.
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Delusions