[RealAudio files]

World peace cannot be brought about by hostility. How do we develop love in situations of conflict? What is love? Differentiating love from attachment. Friend, enemy and stranger - arbitrary and subjective labels created by the self-centered mind.
[19 min] : Download | Listen

How to develop an equal-hearted openness towards others. Overcoming the judgmental attitude. Ven. shares her experiences from meeting with different people in her travels.
[14 min] : Download | Listen

Seeing everybody as having been kind to us. What about Osama bin Laden? [23 min] : Download | Listen

Ven. shares her experiences working with prisoners.
[15 min] : Download | Listen

Questions and answers. Concluding remarks.
[25 min] : Download | Listen

Questions asked:

• Showing loving-kindness towards animals by being vegetarian - what is your view on this?
• I purchase cat food to feed stray cats. This food contains meat and meat by-products. Do I break the first precept not to kill since I'm indirectly causing the death of these animals?
• What is the view of Buddhism on abortion?
• When people in the family have disputes and don't talk to one another, how can we help to rebuild the relationships?
• How do we deal with office politics?
• I know that some of my thoughts are wrong, but I can't control them.
• How can I be happy? What's the best way to be happy?
• You talked about the importance of thinking of the kindness of others. But it is impossible for a person to think of that if he/she is facing many difficulties in his/her life, eg. broken family, not doing well in school or at work, being unpopular, rejected by friends. How can we help them?
• What is the view of Buddhism on homosexuality?