Mar 25, 2021
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How to make wise decisions
Decisions can have long-term consequences. Venerable Chodron gives advice on how to apply the principles…
View PostMindfulness and introspective awareness
Covering Verses 5.6-5.10, discussing the relationship between mindfulness and introspective awareness, and how the six…
View PostBuddhism, modernism and mindfulness
A discussion on topics including Buddhist and secular mindfulness, the value of monasticism, and the…
View PostMindfulness and fear
Covering Verses 1-5 of Chapter 5 'Guarding Introspection' and discussing how to work with fear…
View PostProtected and Remembered by All Buddhas: The Buddha ...
Buddha Shakyamuni presents to his disciple Śāriputra a detailed description of Sukhāvatī, the pure land…
View PostThe complexity of karma
Explaining accounts of karmic events that can be difficult to comprehend and describing the causes…
View PostWhere do the afflictions exist?
Reflecting on what benefiting others truly means and teaching on Chapter 4 Verses 46 -…
View PostThe rise of women in Buddhism: Has the ice been broken?
In this panel discussion recorded in 2014, Venerable Thubten Chodron and others consider the problems…
View PostCreating our future
Continuing the teaching on purifying destructive karma and explaining how we can make wise decisions…
View PostBuddhism from a practitioner’s perspective
Venerable Chodron is interviewed for a forthcoming textbook on world religions.
View PostThe courage to destroy the afflictions
Covering Verses 39 to 46 of Chapter 4 and teaching about the courage that it…
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