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Teachings in USA and Asia: Winter 2019
Venerable Chodron's travel teaching schedule from November to December 2019.
Getting started
A quick guide to getting started with using ThubtenChodron.org.
The opening volleys
Reviewing the last two sections in Chapter 23 – “The Opening Volleys” and “Reviewing the Defender’s Answers, then beginning Chapter 24 “Strategies in Debate.”
Review of procedures in debate
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal reviews Chapter 23, Procedures in Debate.
An Open-Hearted Life: Love and compassion
Developing love and compassion, steps four and five of the seven-point instruction to cultivate altruism, and what it means to have compassion for your self.
Mental states and situations that are troublesome, a review
Venerable Thubten Jampa reviews the sections in Chapter 3 covering mental states and situations that are difficult and explores methods work though them.
Definitions, divisions, and consequences
Venerable Thubten Lamsel leads a review on definitions, divisions, illustrations, and consequences.
Cultivating love and compassion, a review
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal leads a review of the section “Cultivating Love and Compassion” from Chapter 3.
Reinforcing ordination in daily life
The Abbot of Namgyal Monastery in Dharamsala explains how precepts contribute to the attainment of pure morality.
Debate review
Venerable Thubten Damcho leads a review of the debate format.
Checking our meditation experiences
Finishing Chapter 10, covering sections “Checking Our Meditation Experiences” and “Signs of Progress” and beginning Chapter 11, covering the section “My Day”.
Dismantling identities
Venerable Thubten Kunga describes how living at Sravasti Abbey supports her intention to dismantle old identities and develop good qualities.