Creating Peace in Our Daily Life

Creating Peace in Our Daily Life

by Ven. Thubten Chodron©
The Buddhist Library, Singapore
21 March 2008

Setting a proper motivation for listening to the teaching. ~ Learning how to wake up correctly. The three most important things to do for the day. How to remind ourselves of these throughout the day. ~ Be aware of what’s going on in our mind: What am I thinking? What am I feeling? Steering the mind towards constructive thoughts.

Part 2 - Q&A. [31 min] : Download mp3 file

Questions asked:

In addition to generating love and compassion, don’t we also need to experience suffering in order to know the meaning of joy?
Question about requesting monastics to make prayers for oneself or others.
Question about negative karma created from consuming animals and animal products.
What is Dharma realisation?
Regarding the three motivations you mentioned, could you elaborate on the third motivation (setting our spiritual intention for our life)?
What are effective ways to deal with negative thoughts like anger and jealousy? Shouldn’t we just accept them and release them rather than say it’s a bad thought and think we need to think in a positive way and try and substitute it with a different way of thinking?
Is it possible to have anger with compassion and wisdom?