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Equanimity and the kindness of others
Leading a meditation on equanimity and teaching on the the seven-point cause and effect method to generate bodhicitta.
New! “Awaken Every Day”
Excerpts from the book Awaken Every Day: 365 Buddhist Reflections to Invite Mindfulness and Joy
Getting started
A quick guide to getting started with using ThubtenChodron.org.
Making sensuous offerings to the Buddhas
Covering Verses 2.7-2.21 about mentally emanated offerings for Buddhas and bodhisattvas, including common and peerless offerings that delight the senses
Racism as a public health crisis
How Buddhism can address racial injustice.
Offering natural substances
Beginning Chapter 2 “Purifying Negativities” with verses on making offerings to buddhas and bodhisattvas with things found in nature (Verses 1.34-2.6)
The merits of bodhicitta
Answering questions and teaching on Verses 1.24-1.33 on the vast merits that come from generating bodhicitta.
My trip to the operating theatre and back
I recently had an infected cyst on my back. It had grown quickly, got infected, and was compressed against my spine. An operation successfully removed it. I
Guided meditation: The kindness of others
A guided meditation to generate awareness of interdependence and of being the recipient of kindness.
Guided meditation: Working with anger
A guided meditation to reflect on the causes of anger and the antidotes.
The death process
Teaching from the section “The Death Process” and starting the section “Helping Ourselves and Others at the Time of Death” in Chapter 9.
Guided meditation: Mind is the source of happiness and pain
A guided meditation to help understand how our thoughts and feelings influence our experience. Includes guidance on meditating on the breath.
The bodhisattva ethical code
Giving commentary to Verses 15-23, explaining 8 guidelines that keep bodhicitta from degrading and teaching on the benefits of aspiring and engaging bodhicitta