The virtuous mental factors
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Mind and Mental Factors 
Dec 6, 2014 Part of a series of talks given during the two-day Creating the Causes for Happiness Retreat organized by Buddhist Fellowship and given at Poh Ming Tse Temple, Singapore.
- The first seven of the 11 virtuous mental factors
- The benefits of cultivating them
- Definitions of the mental factors can be found here
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.
