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Leading with a compassionate motivation

Leading with a compassionate motivation

Part of a series of talks based on the book Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness, a commentary on Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland of Advice for a King. The weekend retreat was sponsored by the Jewel Heart Centrum Nijmegen in Nijmegen, Netherlands.

  • Commentary on verses 316 to 338
  • Using resources generously to create virtue while you are alive
  • Qualities of suitable leaders and managers
  • Appointing kind and wise managers and officials
  • How to live a worldly life without compromising our Dharma principles
  • Dealing compassionately with wrongdoers
  • Questions
    • How can we respond without anger when we know people are cheating us
    • Dealing with separation from people we are attached to
    • Is there a karmic reason we are born to a certain family?
    • Why is cleaning so important in Buddhist traditions?

Spiritual wisdom for everyday life 02 (download)

Part 1 of this series:

https://thubtenchodron.org/2018/04/buddhist-guidance-for-leaders/

Part 3 of this series:

https://thubtenchodron.org/2018/04/pleasant-feelings/
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.