Venerable Thubten Chodron
Pioneering American Buddhist teacher and founder of Sravasti Abbey, currently assisting His Holiness the Dalai Lama with The Library of Wisdom and Compassion book series.
Power Tools for Overcoming Problems
Join Venerable Thubten Chodron for a weekend series of two talks on the Seven-Point Mind Training, a classic and well-loved text by 12th century Tibetan scholar Geshe Chekawa. It offers practical tips on how to apply the Buddha’s teachings to transform our problems into the path to liberation and buddhahood. To explore prior teachings on the topic, see this intro to the text or delve into the history of thought training.
Featured Teachings
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Meditations on kindness, gratitude and love
Learning to love and cherish others, even those who really…
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A meditation written by Geshe Thubten Ngawang to bring us…
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Trauma and recovery
Have you heard of the A.C.E.(Adverse Childhood Experience) questionnaire, which…
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How we can create the causes for beneficial qualities in…
View PostDon’t Believe Everything You Think
How to overcome unrealistic expectations, projections, and habitual patterns.
View PostQualities of Buddha’s body, speech and mind
Explaining the qualities of Buddha's body, speech and mind, and…
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Books
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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions
This unique text maps out the convergence and divergence of the two major Buddhist movements—the ...
View DetailsCourageous Compassion
The 6th book in the multi-volume collection and the 2nd devoted to compassion. Courageous Compass...
View DetailsAppearing and Empty
In this third and final volume on emptiness, the authors impart the Prasangika view of the ultima...
View DetailsAwaken Every Day
An instant dose of everyday wisdom, these insightful reflections help us understand our minds, ou...
View DetailsWorking with Anger
A variety of Buddhist methods for subduing anger, not by changing what is happening, but by worki...
View DetailsBuddhism for Beginners
An accessible and engaging introduction to some of the most commonly asked questions about the es...
View DetailsGavin Discovers the Secret to Happiness
A book enjoyable and beneficial for all ages, Gavin Discovers the Secret to Happiness has much to...
View DetailsRefuge Resource Book
A collection of articles compiled by Venerable Thubten Chodron as a resource for preparing to tak...
View DetailsPearl of Wisdom, Book I
A compilation of prayers and practices commonly taught to people beginning to study and practice ...
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