Print Friendly, PDF & Email

“Courageous Compassion”: Reading and commentary

“Courageous Compassion”: Reading and commentary

An online talk based on Courageous Compassion, the sixth volume in The Library of Wisdom and Compassion series coauthored with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The talk was hosted by the East West Bookshop of Seattle.

  • Overview of Volume 6
  • By developing our good qualities we can most effectively help others and ourselves
  • We reveal the Dharma through our actions and how we live our lives
  • If we want to help people, we must have an attitude that cares deeply for everyone
  • Our spiritual progress depends on each and every sentient being
  • We have to develop compassion with no exceptions
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.