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New! “The Compassionate Kitchen”
How eating and activities related to it—preparing food, offering and consuming it, and cleaning up—can wake us up and increase our kindness and care for others.
Getting started
A quick guide to getting started with using ThubtenChodron.org.
Review of the four truths
Venerable Thubten Chonyi gives a review of the four truths, focusing on the truth of duhkha, or unsatisfactoriness.
The warrior of dawn
The student tries paths of light and of darkness before discovering the middle way.
The three higher trainings and the eight fold path
The three higher trainings—ethics, concentration and wisdom—are explained with the practices of the eightfold noble path, which are subsumed under the three.
Review of abstract composites
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal gives a review of abstract composites, or non-associated compositional factors.
Seeing the kindness of all beings
When we recognize how friends, strangers and even those we have difficulty with are kind to us a feeling of appreciation and caring arises.
Review of the nature of mind
Venerable Thubten Jigme leads a review on the nature of mind and leads meditations on its conventional and ultimate nature.
Ethical ways to meet our needs
There are many ways that we can meet our needs in this life. Some are more in accord with the Dharma than others.
Review of internal matter and consciousness
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal reviews the sections in Chapter 10 on Internal Matter, Consciousness, Mental Consciousness and Sense Consciousnesses.
Overcoming jealousy
How jealousy causes emotional pain and problems in relationships. Applying antidotes to overcome jealousy and rejoice the good fortune of others.
Working with anger in daily life
Recognizing the harmfulness of anger. Training the mind to see situations in a different way to work with anger. Using antidotes to work with criticism.
