Cultivating compassion and equanimity
Chapters 21 and 22
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
An Open-Hearted Life 
Aug 4, 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.
- Buddhism offers methods to increase love and compassion
- Guided reflection on equanimity
- How our mind creates friends, enemies and strangers
- With equanimity we feel connected to others
An Open-Hearted Life 22: Cultivating compassion and equanimity (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.
