May I be beloved by beings and may they be more beloved by me than myself. May their bad deeds ripen upon me and may all my virtue, without exception, ripen upon them.

Whatever we are doing in life, we need constraints to make things go well, rest our afflicted mind goes nuts and does not care who we harm, even ourselves. We voluntarily undertake “sweet constraints” because we have seen their purpose and…

When my friend comes along and says, “Oh, Chodron! Are you angry? Are you upset? Is something wrong?” In my mind, I go, “No! I’m not angry! Get out of here! Mind your own business!”

The Buddha spoke of gross impermanence and subtle impermanence. Gross impermanence refers to the big changes that we can see. Death is part of gross impermanence, as are all the changes that we see and know. Then there is…

Think about how we express ourselves when we are angry. It is fine to let others know that we are angry, we do not need to stuff it down, but we need to be careful about how we express the anger. If we own our anger and just say such and…