How to think like a bodhisattva
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Bodhisattva Path 
Dec 11, 2018 A talk given at the Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Singapore.
- Imagining having the qualities we aspire to have helps to develop them
- The ten great resolves of a bodhisattva by Vasubandhu
- Great compassion is the cause of bodhicitta
- Reflecting on each of the ten great resolves of a bodhisattva
- Questions
- What are Dharanis?
- How does emptiness relate to compassion?
- Why is it great compassion and not just compassion?
- How can free myself from strong sexual attraction?
- What if I am not attracted to the appearance but the qualities of another person?
- How can I develop self-compassion?
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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.
