Imagery and method acting: Cultivating our compassionate selves
Chapter 20
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
An Open-Hearted Life 
Jul 14, 2019 A series of talks based on An Open-Hearted Life given at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day starting in April 2017. Co-written with clinical psychologist Dr. Russell Kolts, the book offers practical Buddhist and Western psychological approaches to developing compassion.
- Imagery is not something new to us
- The meaning we give to situations is what evokes our emotions
- Using imagery to develop the qualities we want to have
An Open-Hearted Life 21: Imagery and method acting: Cultivating our compassionate selves (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.
