In this episode, Kadam Bridget explores a powerful Buddhist teaching on the nature of happiness, suffering, and true freedom. Rather than blaming our problems on people or circumstances, we’re invited to look inward and understand how disturbed states of mind—such as anger, jealousy, and attachment—are the real source of our suffering. Through honest self-examination, we learn to recognize what our mind is producing moment by moment, and how negative emotions are not permanent truths but temporary “weather” passing through the mind. Based on the book How to Transform Your Life by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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