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Eight verses of mind training: Verses 3-6

Eight verses of mind training: Verses 3-6

A series of talks on the Eight Verses of Mind Training at the Chicago Jewel Heart Center, April 5-6, 2014.

  • About Sravasti Abbey
  • Reciting the text
  • Verse 3
    • Discerning disturbing attitudes
    • Antidotes to afflictive emotions
  • Verse 4: Difficult people as learning opportunities
  • Verse 5: Accepting defeat
  • Verse 6: Betrayal and unspoken expectations

Eight Verses 05 (download)

Part 2: Eight verses of mind training: Verse 2
Part 3: Eight verses of mind training: Verses 3-6

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.