Purpose of thought training
Purpose of thought training
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Chenrezig Winter Retreat 2006-07 
Jan 25, 2007 Part of a series of teachings given during the December 2006 to March 2007 Chenrezig Winter Retreat at Sravasti Abbey.
- The purpose of thought training
- Is it possible to be free from cyclic existence?
- How to deal with periods of uncertainty
- Making the buddhas our friends
- Retreat from afar: news from prisoners
Chenrezig Retreat 07 (download)
[This teaching continues with a teaching on the text Essence of Refined Gold.]
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.
