Helping each other feel safe
Chapter 40
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
An Open-Hearted Life 
Jun 27, 2021 Part of a series of talks based on An Open-Hearted Life given at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day starting in April 2017. Co-written with clinical psychologist Dr. Russell Kolts, the book offers practical Buddhist and Western psychological approaches to developing compassion.
- When we feel safe we can help others
- Letting go of self-evalutation
- Feeling safe is linked to feeling connected to others
- Cultivating the ability to make ourselves feel safe
- By taking care of others we take care of ourselves
- Reflection: Receiving compassionate connection
An Open-Hearted Life 39: Helping each other feel safe (download)
A guided meditation led prior to the talk can be found here.
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.
