Mar 25, 2021

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Venerable Chodron smiling while walking down a snowy path at the Abbey.
Dharma in Daily Life

How to make wise decisions

Decisions can have long-term consequences. Venerable Chodron gives advice on how to apply the principles…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Mindfulness and introspective awareness

Covering Verses 5.6-5.10, discussing the relationship between mindfulness and introspective awareness, and how the six…

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Venerable Chodron smiling while sitting in front of a large TV screen showing Zoom participants.
21st Century Buddhists

Buddhism, modernism and mindfulness

A discussion on topics including Buddhist and secular mindfulness, the value of monasticism, and the…

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Venerable Lamsel smiling while cutting an apple.
Becoming a Monastic

Home

A poem about what the word "home" means for a monastic.

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Mindfulness and fear

Covering Verses 1-5 of Chapter 5 'Guarding Introspection' and discussing how to work with fear…

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Amitabha

Protected and Remembered by All Buddhas: The Buddha ...

Buddha Shakyamuni presents to his disciple Śāriputra a detailed description of Sukhāvatī, the pure land…

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Volume 2 The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

The complexity of karma

Explaining accounts of karmic events that can be difficult to comprehend and describing the causes…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Where do the afflictions exist?

Reflecting on what benefiting others truly means and teaching on Chapter 4 Verses 46 -…

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Tibetan Tradition

The 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…

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Volume 2 The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

Creating our future

Continuing the teaching on purifying destructive karma and explaining how we can make wise decisions…

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Buddhist Worldview

Buddhism from a practitioner’s perspective

Venerable Chodron is interviewed for a forthcoming textbook on world religions.

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