Practicing fortitude in daily life
Practicing fortitude in daily life
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2021 
Jul 5, 2021 Part of a series of talks given during the Medicine Buddha retreat at Sravasti Abbey from July 3 to July 9, 2021. The retreat was offered as an online event. The Medicine Buddha sadhana was used during the retreat.
- Dealing with anger doesn’t mean suppressing it
- Practice the methods with past experience
- Questions and answers
- Accepting the reality of our situation
- The seven-limb prayer in the Medicine Buddha sadhana
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.
