Creating the causes for rebirth in Amitabha’s pure land
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Amitabha 
Dec 27, 2019 A talk given at Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery in Singapore.
- Motivation for Amitabha practice
- How Amitabha’s pure land came into being
- Awakening the highest aspiriation
- Becoming an appropriate disciple
- Practicing with enthusiastic effort
- Ethical conduct is a cause for being born in Amitabha’s pure land
- Two levels of understanding pure land practice
- How we look at things and how we act determines our experience
- Questions
Creating the causes for rebirth in Amitabha’s pure land (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.
