Calming the mind
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2015 
Sep 5, 2015 Part of a series of teachings given during the Developing Meditative Concentration Retreat at Sravasti Abbey in 2015.
- Concentration meditation on the bodhisattva path
- The benefits of developing concentration
- How to develop concentration
- Renounce the five sense objects
- Eliminate the five hindrances
- Adopt the five practices
- How to give up attachment to sense objects
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.
