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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.

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Power Tools for Overcoming Problems

Mind training in Buddhism employs short, pithy instructions that show us how to transform adversity into the path to awakening. Delve into these power tools through a classic well-loved text on the subject with Venerable Chodron as our guide.

We have this precious human life with the ability to practice the path and gain realizations and the real tragedy is that we're squandering it.”

It's a question of learning how to think in a correct way, learning how to think in a realistic way, learning how to think in a beneficial way.”

These very practical teachings can be put into practice fairly easily without having a lot of complicated outlines, debates and vocabulary.”

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The media

Thoughts on how the media causes our afflictions to arise.

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Meditating on the media

How to transform the way we watch media by turning…

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Meditations on kindness, gratitude and love

Learning to love and cherish others, even those who really…

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Right speech in an age of fake news

Why it’s important to be loyal to the truth in…

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Why should we train the mind?

Benefits and goals of mind training and an introduction to…

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Meditation to raise consciousness for a healthy rela...

A meditation written by Geshe Thubten Ngawang to bring us…

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Assembly of the Immeasurable Life Tathāgata

The Sūtra of the Great Accumulation of Treasures Fascicles 17…

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Teaching Tour 2024

In-person teachings from Seattle to Singapore.

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How to purify bad actions by means of the four powers

Explanation of the four powers of purification.

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Open heart, clear mind

How the mind affects our experience and how to create…

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Trauma and recovery

Have you heard of the A.C.E.(Adverse Childhood Experience) questionnaire, which…

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Eight fully ripened excellent qualities

How we can create the causes for beneficial qualities in…

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Don’t Believe Everything You Think

How to overcome unrealistic expectations, projections, and habitual patterns.

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Definite and indefinite karma

The difference between karma that is done and accumulated.

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Virtuous actions and their effects

How to create virtuous actions and their results.

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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 ...

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Courageous Compassion

The 6th book in the multi-volume collection and the 2nd devoted to compassion. Courageous Compass...

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Appearing and Empty

In this third and final volume on emptiness, the authors impart the Prasangika view of the ultima...

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Awaken Every Day

An instant dose of everyday wisdom, these insightful reflections help us understand our minds, ou...

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Working with Anger

A variety of Buddhist methods for subduing anger, not by changing what is happening, but by worki...

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Buddhism for Beginners

An accessible and engaging introduction to some of the most commonly asked questions about the es...

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Gavin Discovers the Secret to Happiness

A book enjoyable and beneficial for all ages, Gavin Discovers the Secret to Happiness has much to...

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Refuge Resource Book

A collection of articles compiled by Venerable Thubten Chodron as a resource for preparing to tak...

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Pearl of Wisdom, Book I

A compilation of prayers and practices commonly taught to people beginning to study and practice ...

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