Venerable Thubten Chodron
Pioneering American Buddhist teacher and founder of Sravasti Abbey, currently assisting His Holiness the Dalai Lama with The Library of Wisdom and Compassion book series.
Politics, Power, and Peace
Is it possible to take an ethical stand on issues and disagree with people while remaining harmonious and open-hearted? Is anger ever justified for countering injustice? Are Buddhism and politics even compatible? Listen and reflect as Venerable Chodron speaks to these questions with advice as beneficial today as it was in 2020.
Practicing Democracy
A balanced mind in an election year
Cultivating equanimity towards people whose political views we disagree with.
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Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions
Combating anxiety with a meditative mind
Ways that Buddhist practices of love and compassion for others…
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Healing Anger
Dealing with anger using mind training
When we're angry our view of the situation is an…
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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta
Verse 15-2: Three kinds of bodhisattvas
Explaining the three kinds of bodhisattvas to generate bodhicitta. With…
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Thought Training
Skillfully dealing with problems
Traditional ways to deal with problems skillfully and four good…
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The Six Perfections
Paramita of fortitude
Examples from Buddhist scriptures of the bodhisattva perfection of fortitude.
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Stages of the Path
Venerable Sangye Khadro How karma is accumulated
Identifying karma that is accumulated and how you die and…
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Stages of the Path
Faults of the mental afflictions
The five types of afflictive views and the faults of…
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Healing Anger
Venerable Thubten Chodron How a Tibetan Buddhist nun works with her anger
Venerable Chodron is interviewed on anger and its antidotes.
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Stages of the Path
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Identifying attachment
Review of the lamrim outline and examining attachment and its…
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Prison Dharma
Harmonizing criminal defendants’ imbalanced si...
An interview with a defense lawyer about Buddhism and inmates.
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An Open-Hearted Life
Venerable Thubten Semkye Twelve ways to apply compassion in society
How to apply compassion to improve areas of common concern…
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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables
Venerable Thubten Chonyi Meditation on equanimity and compassion
A guided meditation to develop compassion for everyone.
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Stages of the Path
The sufferings of the three upper realms
How suffering manifests in the upper realms of rebirth.
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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps
Bodhisattva’s refuge and ethical conduct
Explaining a bodhisattva’s refuge, from Chapter 3 and giving an…
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Vajrayana and the Culmination of the Path
The final volume of the Library of Wisdom and Compassion by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Vener...
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Guided Buddhist Meditations
This invaluable resource provides Dharma practitioners with clear explanations of the stages of t...
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In Praise of Great Compassion
Volume 5 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion takes us beyond our present situation and guides...
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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions
This unique text maps out the convergence and divergence of the two major Buddhist movements—the ...
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Working with Anger
A variety of Buddhist methods for subduing anger, not by changing what is happening, but by worki...
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365 Gems of Wisdom
Reflections by Venerable Thubten Chodron and other Sravasti Abbey monastics to guide us in settin...
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Buddhism for Beginners
An accessible and engaging introduction to some of the most commonly asked questions about the es...
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Pearl of Wisdom, Book I
A compilation of prayers and practices commonly taught to people beginning to study and practice ...
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Approaching the Buddhist Path: Study Guide
Approaching the Buddhist Path, Volume 1 in The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, introduces us to...
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