Beginning love with ourselves
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2012 
Sep 27, 2012 Part of a series of teachings given during the week-long Chenrezig Retreat in 2012 at Sravasti Abbey.
- For love and compassion, we need to generate the warm-hearted feeling towards ourselves
- Self-critical mind and depression
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.
