Feb 12, 2019

Latest Posts

View all posts in Venerable Thubten Chodron's teaching archive.

Teachings by Ven. Sangye Khadro

Pride and humility

How to respond to criticism by a junior, and an example of humility from Tibetan…

View Post
Teachings by Ven. Sangye Khadro

Love without expectations

How our expectations of others prevent us from loving them unconditionally.

View Post
Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Tantra and Buddhist canons

Briefly covering tantra and beginning a section on the content of the three extant Buddhist…

View Post
Buddhist Worldview

The seven jewels of the aryas: Ethical conduct

The importance of ethical conduct, the second Jewel of the aryas, and how hurting others…

View Post
Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Challengers and defenders

Beginning to teach Chapter 16, 'Challengers and Defenders', which focuses on the two key roles…

View Post
Teachings by Ven. Sangye Khadro

Why get angry?

Venerable Sangye Khadro discusses the fifteenth verse of the “37 Practices of Bodhisattvas,” and shares…

View Post
Venerable Chodron placing a khata around someone's neck.
Prayers and Practices

Chinese New Year Tsog motivation

A brief motivation given before a ceremony on Chinese New Year's day in honor of…

View Post
Buddhist Worldview

The seven jewels of the aryas: Faith

Venerable Thubten Chodron talks about faith, the first jewel of the aryas, and its three…

View Post
Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

The growth of the Mahayana

Teaching on how the Mahayana sutras first appeared, gained popularity and became the focus of…

View Post
Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Choosing your debate partner

Covering Chapter 15 on the topic of “Choosing Your Debate Partner” and becoming a suitable…

View Post
Teachings by Ven. Sangye Khadro

Do not retaliate

Venerable Sangye Khadro shares some personal experiences relating to retaliation and tonglen.

View Post