How to be happy without attachment
A talk given at the Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore.
- How attachment leads to unhappiness in this life and future lives
- Seeing attachment for what it really is
- How attachment leads to the ten nonvirtues
- How to be happy without attachment
- Being free from attachment allows us to help others
- The difference between love and attachment
How to be happy without attachment (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.