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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Wisdom of the Kadam Masters

The media

Thoughts on how the media causes our afflictions to arise.

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Wisdom of the Kadam Masters

Meditating on the media

How to transform the way we watch media by turning…

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Two girls walking down a path, one with her arm around the other. Buddhist Meditation 101

Meditations on kindness, gratitude and love

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

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Ethics in the Modern World

Right speech in an age of fake news

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

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Seven-point Mind Training

Why should we train the mind?

Benefits and goals of mind training and an introduction to…

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Books

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Cover of Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

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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Book cover of Courageous Compassion

Courageous Compassion

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

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Book cover of Appearing and Empty

Appearing and Empty

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

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Book cover of Awaken Every Day

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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Book cover of Buddhism for Beginners

Buddhism for Beginners

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

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Book cover of Gavin Discovers the Secret

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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Book cover of Refuge Resource Book

Refuge Resource Book

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

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Book cover of Pearl of Wisdom I

Pearl of Wisdom, Book I

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

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