Acting with kindness
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2013 
Jun 30, 2013 Part of a series of talks given during the annual Young Adult Week program at Sravasti Abbey in 2013.
- Repaying kindness of others
- Making decisions based on short-term versus long-term benefits
- Anger and antidotes
- Self-compassion and forgiveness
Young Adult Week 2013: 06 Acting with kindness (download)
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.
