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Motivation and community

Motivation and community

A talk given during Sravasti Abbey’s annual Exploring Monastic Life program in 2012.

  • Motivation of compassion and kindness to others
  • Community spirit
  • Mindfulness and introspective awareness
  • Patience/fortitude
  • Story of the Buddha’s life

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.