The six harmonies: Setting the stage for living together
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Living in Community 
Jun 27, 2019 A talk given at the The 16th International Sakyadhita Conference for Women in Buddhism held near Sydney, Australia.
- Physical harmony: Working and practicing together
- Harmony in speech: Bringing others together with our speech
- Harmony in mind: Having a commnon motivation
- Harmony in view: Having a common direction
- Harmony in precepts: The unifying role of precepts
- Harmony in resources: Giving up our own trip
The six harmonies (download)
Featured image by Olivier Adam.
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.
