Dealing with grief and loss
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Dealing with Grief 
Jan 6, 2014 Teaching given at the Vimalakirti Buddhist Centre in Singapore.
- Grief and loss are part of human existence
- Everything that arises changes and is impermanent
- Change is loss when lose something we do not want to lose
- Change is gain when get something we wanted or liked
- We have choice in how to respond to change
- Rejecting impermanence is rejecting reality
- Grief is a response to the change that we did not want
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.
