The hindrances: Desire and malice
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2012 
Sep 1, 2012 Part of a series of teachings given during the Developing Meditative Concentration Retreat at Sravasti Abbey in 2012.
- Questions and answers from previous session
- Difference between arhats and bodhisattvas in attaining full awakening
- What is access concentration?
- Levels of selfishness
- Sensual desire
- What sensual desire means
- Antidotes to sensual desire
- Ill will/malice
- Looking at the true nature of malicious thoughts
- Antidotes to ill will
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.
