Cultivating Amitabha’s attitude
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Amitabha 
Mar 17, 2019 A talk given at the Pu Yi Nunnery in Taipei, Taiwan (ROC). In English with Chinese translation.
- Connecting with Amitabha through visualization
- Separating the person from their actions
- Cultivating Amitabha’s attitude of cherishing living beings
- Buddhahood depends on other living beings
- What gets us to Sukhavati is the change in our own heart and mind
- We don’t have to get mad, we have a choice
- Our enlightenment depends on generating love and compassion for all beings
- Questions and answers
- How can pure land practice be used to address social change?
- The way to get to the pure land is to care about sentient beings in this life
- How did you as a westerner come to Buddhism?
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Featured image of Amitabha © 2019 Himalayan Art Resources Inc. Photographed Image Copyright © 2004 Rubin Museum of Art.
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.
