Opportunities to grow
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Thought Training 
Jun 30, 2012 Part of a series of short Bodhisattva's Breakfast Corner talks on transforming adversity into the path.
- Recognizing the people who really help us on the path
- Seeing adversity as opportunities to grow
- Using thought training to review our past experience with a new world view
- Creating the causes for happiness in future lives
- Rejoicing in the ripening of karma
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.
