Gabriel Cohen on how you can defuse stressful situations by pausing before reacting instinctively.
Is Mine Bigger than Yours?
Charles Johnson explores our endless capacity to compare ourselves to others, and the Buddha’s antidote to trying to measure up.
Ask the Teachers: How do I know whether to avoid or accept something that causes me distress?
In Buddhadharma’s Ask the Teachers section, Sestuan Gaelyn Godwin, Larry Yang, and Dungse Jampal Norbu discuss relating to obstacles and difficult emotions.
Great Expectations
We want the sun; we get the rain. But where does the doorway of disappointment lead? Elizabeth Brownrigg on disappointment as a treasure.
You’re Basically Good — The Benefits of Contemplative Psychotherapy
Karen Kissel Wegela on therapy that starts with your basic sanity, not your neuroses.
You Can’t Get Rid of Your Anger — And That’s OK
Denying anger or giving in to it only makes things worse. The middle way, says Josh Korda, is to live with your difficult emotions skillfully.
Pema Chödrön’s reading go-to? Harry Potter
What does America’s most beloved Buddhist nun do when her nerves get fried?
Ask the Teachers: How can I engage with emotions in a way that turns me towards the Dharma?

The teachers are asked how to engage emotional provocations and self-centeredness in ways that turn us toward dharma practice and life.
Announcing “Finding Freedom From Painful Emotions,” the 2016 Lion’s Roar Retreat

We’re delighted to announce our annual community retreat, “Finding Freedom From Painful Emotions,” with Karen Maezen Miller, Josh Korda, and Anyen Rinpoche.
Dalai Lama launches online “Atlas of Emotions”
In collaboration with the psychologist who helped write “Inside Out,” the Dalai Lama has created a digital “map of the mind.”