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Four things to remember when online discussions get heated

While Buddhism teaches that all beings have the potential for awakening, and that we should endeavor to relate with kindness and compassion to everyone, I admit that this is especially difficult for...

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Loving and supporting whatever is difficult within you

Someone wrote to me yesterday, saying that as she was getting into her spiritual practice, anger was starting to arise: I have very recently started my journey towards freedom of suffering at the...

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Can you be mindful and still feel angry?

Check out Guided Meditations for Stress Reduction (MP3) by Bodhipaksa! Peggilee Wupperman Ph.D., Psychology Today: Mindfulness will not turn you into a feel-good Zen zombie. If you struggle with...

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How to mind your feelings

Daniel Goleman, Lion’s Roar: While we can’t control when we feel anger or fear—or how strongly—we can gain some control over what we do while in their grip. If we can develop inner radar for emotional...

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The bells!

Here’s a funny story for you. One of the things we do to fund our activities at Wildmind is selling meditation supplies, which means that our office is also a mini-warehouse, stocked with incense,...

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“When the Anger Ogre Visits,” by Andrée Salom

Some weeks ago I read this book with my kids (a six-year-old boy and an almost-eight-year-old girl) several times now, and they enjoyed both the story and the images. But the book became especially...

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How beautiful it is to stay silent when someone expects you to be enraged

I was struck by the similarity between the quote in the graphic above and something the Buddha’s recorded as having said: Whoever doesn’t flare up at someone who’s angry wins a battle hard to win. I...

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Transform ill will

Goodwill and ill will are about intention: the will is for good or ill. These intentions are expressed through action and inaction, word and deed, and-especially-thoughts. How do you feel when you...

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Defending against loss

The Buddha taught that we spend most of our life like children in a burning house, so entranced by our games that we don’t notice the flames, the crumbling walls, the collapsing foundation, the smoke...

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Softening the heart and sitting with anger…

One evening after my Wednesday night meditation class, Amy, a member of our D.C. meditation community, asked if we might talk for a few minutes about her mother, a woman she often referred to as “a...

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Eight steps to forgiveness

Forgiveness is a tricky topic. First, it has two distinct meanings: To give up resentment or anger To pardon an offense; to stop seeking punishment or recompense Here, I am going to focus on the first...

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Can you be mindful and still feel angry?

Check out Guided Meditations for Stress Reduction (MP3) by Bodhipaksa!Peggilee Wupperman Ph.D., Psychology Today: Mindfulness will not turn you into a feel-good Zen zombie. If you struggle with...

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How to mind your feelings

Daniel Goleman, Lion’s Roar: While we can’t control when we feel anger or fear—or how strongly—we can gain some control over what we do while in their grip. If we can develop inner radar for emotional...

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The bells!

Here’s a funny story for you. One of the things we do to fund our activities at Wildmind is selling meditation supplies, which means that our office is also a mini-warehouse, stocked with incense,...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

“When the Anger Ogre Visits,” by Andrée Salom

Some weeks ago I read this book with my kids (a six-year-old boy and an almost-eight-year-old girl) several times now, and they enjoyed both the story and the images. But the book became especially...

View Article


Softening the heart and sitting with anger…

One evening after my Wednesday night meditation class, Amy, a member of our D.C. meditation community, asked if we might talk for a few minutes about her mother, a woman she often referred to as “a...

View Article

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How beautiful it is to stay silent when someone expects you to be enraged

I was struck by the similarity between the quote in the graphic above and something the Buddha’s recorded as having said: Whoever doesn’t flare up at someone who’s angry wins a battle hard to win. I...

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Clik here to view.

Transform ill will

Goodwill and ill will are about intention: the will is for good or ill. These intentions are expressed through action and inaction, word and deed, and-especially-thoughts. How do you feel when you...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Defending against loss

The Buddha taught that we spend most of our life like children in a burning house, so entranced by our games that we don’t notice the flames, the crumbling walls, the collapsing foundation, the smoke...

View Article

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Eight steps to forgiveness

Forgiveness is a tricky topic. First, it has two distinct meanings: To give up resentment or anger To pardon an offense; to stop seeking punishment or recompense Here, I am going to focus on the first...

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