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Applying antidotes to the afflictions

Applying antidotes to the afflictions

  • Taking advantage of our present situation
  • Getting straight about virtue and nonvirtue
  • Remembering and applying antidotes to the afflictions
  • Working with anger: the Sam story
  • The benefits of criticism

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.

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