Seeing all beings as having been our kind mother
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience 
Feb 6, 2015 Part of a series of teachings on The Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience, a lamrim text by Panchen Losang Chokyi Gyaltsen, the first Panchen Lama.
- When we see others as having been our mother the feeling towards them changes, there is a feeling of closeness and familiarity
- Meditation on seeing all as equally being our mother
- Meditation on seeing friends, difficult persons, and strangers as being our kind mother
- To see all beings as having been our mother we need to get beyond the strong appearances of this life
The Easy Path 36: Seeing all beings as having been our kind mother (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.
