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Integrating a good motivation into our practice and daily lives

Integrating a good motivation into our practice and daily lives

A talk given at the School of Ancient Wisdom in Bangalore, India to students from the Manushi School of Yoga attending a retreat there.

  • Generating a positive motivation for spiritual practice and lives
  • The benefits of keeping good ethical conduct
  • Three thoughts to generate on awakening each day
  • Guided meditation on seeing the kindness of others

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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.