Why am I giving?
Revisiting our motivation
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
The Importance of Motivation 
Nov 17, 2004 A session with volunteers of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, Singapore.
How to maintain and continue doing service work
- “Compassion fatigue”
- Generate motivation first thing in the morning
- Ways of working on our doubts
Volunteer motivation 01 (download)
Working on the mind
- Complaining mind
- Showing appreciation to others
- Transforming problems into the path
- Self-confidence
- Personal experience in prison work
Volunteer motivation 02 (download)
Questions and answers
- Motivation for starting Sravasti Abbey
- Self-confidence and self-esteem
- Addressing the parents of a child not performing well in school
Volunteer motivation 03 (download)
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
