Ultimate goal of developing concentration
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.
- Breathing meditation
- Where concentration fits into Buddhist practice
- Ultimate goal, renunciation, wisdom, bodhicitta
- Short-term benefit
- Questions and answers
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.
