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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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Transforming Suffering

On December 6th in Singapore, Venerable Chodron teaches on the classic text, The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas. Join her at Poh Ming Tse Temple or study the wealth of teachings here. Related books and other study resources are here: Don’t Believe Everything You Think and Transforming Adversity Into Joy and Courage.

When people treat us poorly we feel like we're innocent victims of their bad moods and anger. So our defenses come up.”

The antidote is usually the opposite of what our present mental state wants to do which would just increase our afflictions.”

We have to let the person know we’re concerned, listen, and respond not with defensiveness but with empathy.”

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Good Karma: Intro to karma and its effects

Reflections on the kindness of others and introduction to the…

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Good Karma: Determining to maintain good character w...

Avoiding pretension and deceit with our spiritual mentors and keeping…

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Good Karma: Q&A on karma

The importance of developing equanimity and questions from the audience…

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Good Karma: Results of transgressing ethical commitm...

The importance of ethical commitments and taking our practice seriously.

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Good Karma: Facing hardship for the Dharma

How enduring hardship for the sake of the Dharma is…

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Know your mind: The twenty auxiliary afflictions

An explanation of the 20 auxiliary mental afflictions, which are…

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Twenty secondary afflictions

A teaching on the twenty secondary afflictions and applying antidotes.

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Latest Posts

Keep up with recent teachings by Venerable Thubten Chodron and other Sravasti Abbey monastics.

Entering the great vehicle

How bodhicitta is the gateway to the Mahayana.

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Changing how we view ourselves and others

Taking a more compete view of others by changing our…

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The value of the monastic community

Explaining the value of the monastic community, commencing teaching from…

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The path to cultivate

Guarding ethical conduct and the four causes of infractions.

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Higher ethical codes and making mistakes

Explaining the ethical conduct for Bodhisattva and Tantric practitioners found…

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The measure of the middle scope attitude

Explanation of the intermediate state and rebirth.

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Intoxicants and celibacy

Explaining the two precepts westerners have the most difficulty with—taking…

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Why is the Vinaya important if things are empty?

Why ethical conduct is the foundation of compassion and how…

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Searching for the self

Commentary on the "Sutta on a Lump of Foam" (SN…

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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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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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Pearl of Wisdom, Book I

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

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Pearl of Wisdom, Book II

An inspiring resource for students who have already entered into the practice of Tibetan Buddhism...

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Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Volume 3 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion addresses the unsatisfactory nature of samsara, ...

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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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Open Heart, Clear Mind: Study Guide

A complementary resource to Venerable Chodron’s book, Open Heart, Clear Mind, this study gu...

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