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Venerable Thubten Chodron

Pioneering American Buddhist teacher and founder of Sravasti Abbey, currently assisting His Holiness the Dalai Lama with The Library of Wisdom and Compassion book series.

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Compassion in the Workplace

The Tibetan Association of Washington recently invited Venerable Thubten Chodron to discuss how kindness can transform our workplaces for Microsoft Headquarters, Seattle. Watch the full talk here.

What's really important in life is how we've related to others and contributed to their benefit.”
We each have gifts and using them to help others enables us to feel good about our lives.”
We can fight reality or accept it, and acceptance is kinder—to ourselves and others.”

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A group of young coworkers sitting around a table, working. Workplace Wisdom

Bringing harmony to the workplace

How to integrate the Dharma into our work lives by…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Living in harmony with one another

Identifying the cause of our disharmony with others and ourselves…

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The Eight Dangers

Attachment to ideas

Try something different! How attachment to ideas creates conflict and…

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Cover of Taming the Mind. Taming the Mind

Colleagues and clients

Bringing our practice into the workplace to transform habitual ways…

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Teachings by Ven. Sangye Khadro

Fame and wealth can corrupt your mind

How wealth and fame don’t necessarily lead to success and…

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Ken Mondale at the Abbey setting up an altar with a fellow practitioner. On Working with Afflictions

The fixer

There is little we can do to correct injustice in…

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Latest Posts

Keep up with recent teachings by Venerable Thubten Chodron and other Sravasti Abbey monastics.

On Taking Illness Onto the Path

Mind training in adverse circumstances

How to apply the Dharma to turn your mind when…

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On Refuge and Bodhicitta

Dharma medicine for these times

Cultivating compassion in politically turbulent times.

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Stages of the Path

Four virtuous practices

Practices that prevent bodhicitta from degenerating in future lives.

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Dharma in Action

Compassion in our country

How harming others is actually harming ourselves and the importance…

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Ethics in the Modern World

Buddhist Monastic Experience

How Tibetan Buddhism can help modern people live ethically and…

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Stages of the Path

Review: Tonglen practice

Review of the tonglen (taking and giving) meditation practice.

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Workplace Wisdom

Compassion in the workplace

How to repay the kindness of others using our unique…

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Dharma Poetry

The m_ssing piece

An answer to important questions about life.

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Dharma Poetry

I met a mad man

What it's like to meet a qualified spiritual mentor who…

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Vajrayana and the Culmination of the Path

The final volume of the Library of Wisdom and Compassion by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Vener...

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Guided Buddhist Meditations

This invaluable resource provides Dharma practitioners with clear explanations of the stages of t...

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Working with Anger

A variety of Buddhist methods for subduing anger, not by changing what is happening, but by worki...

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Buddhism for Beginners

An accessible and engaging introduction to some of the most commonly asked questions about the es...

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Pearl of Wisdom, Book I

A compilation of prayers and practices commonly taught to people beginning to study and practice ...

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Pearl of Wisdom, Book II

An inspiring resource for students who have already entered into the practice of Tibetan Buddhism...

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Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Volume 3 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion addresses the unsatisfactory nature of samsara, ...

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Awaken Every Day

An instant dose of everyday wisdom, these insightful reflections help us understand our minds, ou...

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Open Heart, Clear Mind: Study Guide

A complementary resource to Venerable Chodron’s book, Open Heart, Clear Mind, this study gu...

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