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.
How Compassion Changes Us
We may be experiencing divisiveness, frustration, anger, and anxiety, especially as elections are nearing. Can compassion change this? Change us?
In this Sharing the Dharma Day talk Venerable Chodron shows us how stories from inmates about their practice of compassion can be a valuable teaching for all of us. Join us online or in-person for upcoming Sharing the Dharma Day events. The next on is Saturday, October 13th.
Three Principal Aspects of the Path
Renunciation
We are stuck in cyclic existence. Through the teachings, we…
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Three Principal Aspects of the Path
The benefits and causes of bodhicitta
How bodhicitta, our true friend and refuge, makes our lives…
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Three Principal Aspects of the Path
Cultivating the correct view
The importance of meditating on emptiness. How ignorance leads to…
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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta
Verse 14-3: Three higher trainings
Gradual progression of subduing of the afflictions and the counteracting…
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Three Principal Aspects of the Path
Living compassion
A discussion about the impact of anger, how one relates…
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Four-armed Chenrezig Retreat with Ven. Sangye Khadro (2023)
Introduction to Chenrezig
An introduction to Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion, and begins…
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By Prison Volunteers
Venerable Thubten Lamsel Worthwhile people
In the Beginning Buddhism class in Spokane, Abbey monastics are…
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Stages of the Path
Venerable Sangye Khadro The eight types of suffering
The fine points of the first seven types of suffering.
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An Open-Hearted Life
Venerable Thubten Chodron Bringing compassion into every moment
Practical ways to bring compassion into everyday life.
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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables
Meditation on how compassion changes us
Guided contemplation on how compassion has changed our life and…
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Stages of the Path
Why the truth of suffering is taught first
The importance of contemplating the truth of suffering.
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Amitabha
Shakyamuni Buddha Assembly of the Immeasurable Life Tathāgata
The Sūtra of the Great Accumulation of Treasures Fascicles 17…
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Seven-point Mind Training
Transforming adverse circumstances
How the mind training teachings challenge our self-centered thought and…
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Seven-point Mind Training
The foundation of mind training
The first three points in the Seven-point Mind Training text…
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Vajrayana and the Culmination of the Path
The final volume of the Library of Wisdom and Compassion by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Vener...
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Guided Buddhist Meditations
This invaluable resource provides Dharma practitioners with clear explanations of the stages of t...
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In Praise of Great Compassion
Volume 5 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion takes us beyond our present situation and guides...
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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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Working with Anger
A variety of Buddhist methods for subduing anger, not by changing what is happening, but by worki...
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365 Gems of Wisdom
Reflections by Venerable Thubten Chodron and other Sravasti Abbey monastics to guide us in settin...
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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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Pearl of Wisdom, Book I
A compilation of prayers and practices commonly taught to people beginning to study and practice ...
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Approaching the Buddhist Path: Study Guide
Approaching the Buddhist Path, Volume 1 in The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, introduces us to...
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