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Although it may seem counter-intuitive, the basic nature of strong emotions is wisdom. Anger, jealousy, pride, attachment, willful indifference and other emotions all seem to be inherently negative, and, from a relative perspective, are destructive to ourselves and to others. Fundamentally, however, these “upsurges in the luminosity of mind”, as Rinpoche refers to them, provide an opportunity to see the wisdom of ultimate reality. In these talks, Rinpoche presents the same stages of practice he presented in his Emotions teachings in 2006. These stages are mindful gap, clear seeing and letting go. However, in these talks Rinpoche approaches emotions from a distinctly Vajrayana perspective. He clearly explains how to use these stages of practice, especially mindful gap, to look at emotions directly and nakedly and experience their ultimate wisdom. In the introductory talk, Rinpoche outlines the view of emotions in the three yanas. In the concluding talk, Rinpoche explains the Dzogchen approach to working with emotions. These teachings are engaging, delightful and profound. Five talks
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