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Creating the causes of happiness

Mind and mental factors

Part of a series of talks given during the two-day Creating the Causes for Happiness Retreat organized by Buddhist Fellowship and given at Poh Ming Tse Temple, Singapore.

  • The six primary minds and 51 mental factors
  • Explanation of the five omnipresent and five object-ascertaining mental factors
  • Definitions of the mental factors can be found here

Venerable Thubten Chodron

Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.