Blog
Latest Posts
View all posts in Venerable Thubten Chodron's teaching archive.
Donning the robes
One nun's path from being a householder with interest in Buddhism, to spiritual director of…
View PostAdvice for someone considering ordination
Venerable Chodron offers advice to an aspiring monastic who asks how to know when it's…
View PostA meditation for survivors of suicide
Guided meditation on how to heal from a loved one's suicide.
View PostCultivating connection, compassion, and confidence i...
Thoughts for survivors of a loved one's suicide.
View PostHealing after suicide
Reflections on sharing the pain of survivors of a loved one's suicide at the 18th…
View PostLetter to someone whose son committed suicide
Advice to a student working with difficult emotions after his son with schizophrenia committed suicide.
View PostAdvice for a child with a chronic illness
Advice to a young girl with diabetes on how to transform difficult emotions around her…
View PostDealing with anxiety
Anxiety can be ameliorated through meditation and kindness towards self and others.
View PostDeath under the bodhi tree
The unexpected death of a monastic at a holy site stirs thoughts of how self-deprecation…
View PostThe kindness of strangers
A student comes to realize the compassion of sentient beings around him. Then, during retreat,…
View PostA new friendship
A remarkable story of treating a drunken thief with dignity and compassion instead of responding…
View Post