Meeting Vajrasattva
Meeting Vajrasattva
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2020-21 
Jan 3, 2021 Part of a series of talks given during the Vajrasattva New Year’s Retreat at Sravasti Abbey in 2020-21. The retreat was offered as an online event.
- Questions and answers
- How can I deal with the guilt when I put boundries between me and my family?
- When you forgive someone but believe they will continue to traumatize others what should you do?
- How is doing extensive prostrations different from self-punishment?
- What we can learn from a situation of deciding to put and take someone off life support
- What exactly are we purifying?
- Different ways we can view and relate to Vajrasattva
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.
