Review of feeling
74 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature
Venerable Thubten Samten 
Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature 
Jul 8, 2022 Part of an ongoing series of teachings (retreat and Friday) based on the book Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature, the third volume in The Library of Wisdom and Compassion series by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron.
- Comparing transcendental factors and eleven virtuous mental factors
- Transcendental factors and three higher trainings
- Four types of abiders and approachers
- Four paths and four fruits in the Pali tradition
- Fetters eliminated by stream-enterer, once-returners, non-returner, arhat
- Reviewing the feeling link
- Examining our pleasant and unpleasant reaction to experiences
- Links of contact, feeling and craving
- Contacting things through six consciousnesses
- Analyzing if the pleasant feeling is coming from the side of the external thing
Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature 74: Review of Feeling (download)
Venerable Thubten Samten
Venerable Samten met Venerable Chodron in 1996 when the future Venerable Chonyi took the future Ven. Samten to a Dharma talk at Dharma Friendship Foundation. The talk on the kindness of others and the way it was presented is deeply etched in her mind. Four Cloud Mountain retreats with Ven. Chodron, eight months in India and Nepal studying the Dharma, one month of offering service at Sravasti Abbey, and a two month retreat at Sravasti Abbey in 2008, fueled the fire to ordain. This took place August 26, 2010 (see photos). This was followed by full ordination in Taiwan in March, 2012 (see photos), becoming Sravasti Abbey's sixth bhikshuni. Right after finishing a Bachelor of Music degree, Ven. Samten moved to Edmonton to pursue training as a corporeal mime artist. Five years later, a return to university to obtain Bachelor of Education degree opened the door to teaching for the Edmonton Public School board as a music teacher. Concurrently, Ven. Samten became a founding member and performer with Kita No Taiko, Alberta's first Japanese drum group. Ven. Samten is responsible for thanking donors who make offerings online; assisting Venerable Tarpa with developing and facilitating the SAFE online learning courses; assisting with the forest thinning project; tracking down knapweed; maintaining the Abbey database and answering email questions; and photographing the amazing moments that are constantly happening at the Abbey.
