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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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The Possibility of Change

Watch Venerable Thubten Chodron’s talk about having the courage to transform our minds for this month’s Sharing the Dharma Day at Sravasti Abbey.

Basically, when we're angry we see the situation as 'I'm right and you're wrong.' And the solution is that you should change. We never question that maybe the problem is inside us.”
We often feel that we're just angry people and always will be. But none of us came out of the womb angry. We don't have fixed personalities; we're all compilations of different traits.”
We make our own prison by how we think. We play out the image we have of ourselves again and again. We limit ourselves by thinking this is all we can be, and we give up on ourselves. ”

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Buddhist Worldview

The benefits of change

Impermanence gives us the opportunity to work with our minds…

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Cultivating Healthy Relationships

Changing how we view ourselves and others

Taking a more compete view of others by changing our…

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Group photo of retreatants from the Shantideva Meditation Center talk standing with Abbey nuns.. Buddhist Worldview

Changing our minds and emotional habits

How ignorance projects a mode of existence onto things that…

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“Approaching the Buddhist Path”: Thought...

Commentary on "The Eight Verses of Thought Transformation". How to…

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Ven. Sangye Khadro smiling and holding a text while teaching at Gardenia Center. Thought Training

Thought transformation: Changing perspective when pr...

How thought transformation practices can be used to transform problems…

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On Working with Afflictions

Invasive weeds of the mind

Venerable Dekyi compares working in the Abbey's gardens to cultivating…

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Cultivating Compassion

Education in compassion and peace

I am glad to learn that the Federal University of…

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Working with Anger

The possibility of change

We can change because we don't have a fixed personality.

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Working with Anger

Meditation on how anger distorts our perception of o...

Meditation on how anger affects our view of others.

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Stages of the Path

The benefits of generosity

What to cultivate and avoid in practicing generosity.

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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Equanimity meditation with commentary

Examining our attitudes toward others to develop equanimity.

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Stages of the Path

The nature of generosity

How to generate generosity in one's mind. The subdivisions of…

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Students' Insights

We are the same

After arriving in India at the beginning of the year,…

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Bodhisattva Path

The power of the bodhisattva path

The importance of bodhicitta and two methods for developing it.

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Stages of the Path

The six perfections comprise the entire Mahayana

How the six perfections encompass all the Mahayana practices.

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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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Book cover of Pearl of Wisdom II

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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