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How to Live Without Fear and Worry
by Venerable Thubten Chodron©
Kreta Ayer People's Theatre, Singapore
Fri, 8 Nov 2002


Fear and worry - what are
they?
Fears and worries of a parent - how to deal with these
Other ways to deal with fear and worry
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Other ways to deal with
fear and worry - cont'd
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Importance of application
Questions and answers
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Questions & answers - cont'd
Conclusion Meditation
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Questions asked:
- About allowing people to cut queue.
- How to control anger.
- How to help children who have great
fear that their parents are going to die?
- How do we watch our mind to see if we're
progressing positively when we practice?
- How do we deal with the fear of making
a wrong decision which could endanger somebody's life?
- Can we chant for fear and worry to leave
our mind?
- Is working in a drug manufacturing company
that does animal testing a right livelihood?
- Where do we go after we die?
- Compassion as antidote to fear and worry
- is this the same as developing perspective?
- How do I develop compassion for people
who lack compassion?
- My son is converting to Christianity.
Should I respect his decision?
- How does one differentiate suffering
caused by past karma from that caused by present actions?
- People deserve to live in fear and worry
because they create the bad karma themselves, and karma cannot
be changed. Please comment.
- About dealing with a maid who steals.
- How can we live in the present and still
make plans for the future?
- If we try to be kind to people we don't
like, aren't we being hypocritical? But if we ignore them, aren't
we being unkind?
- Learning to deal with our fears and
worries helps us to progress, therefore we should create more
fear and worry. Please comment.
- What's your view on the use of anti-anxiety
drugs which doctors sometimes prescribe to reduce fear and worry?
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