Perfection of generosity: Giving fearlessly
Perfection of generosity: Giving fearlessly
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
The Six Perfections 
Sep 4, 2022 A series of teachings given by Venerable Thubten Chodron during a weekend retreat at Sravasti Abbey from September 2 to 5, 2022. The teachings were based on the text Nagarjuna on the Six Perfections.
- If nobody truly owns anything, why does good ethical conduct and precepts include not stealing?
- The role of conventional analysis, appearances, and functionalities of objects
- The three basis of conventional existence
- Societal agreement
- Not contradicted by valid conventional cognizers
- Not contradicted by valid ultimate cognizers
- Why do we visualize sentient beings in the human form when meditating on the field of compassion?
- Taking one of our possessions and tracing its many causes to meditate on the kindness of many other beings
- How to avoid a strong sense of entitlement due to our accomplishments
- The practice of mindfulness with a Bodhichitta motivation, and how it differs from motivations to achieve calmness of the mind as a therapeutic or secular practice
- Practicing generosity within the ordinary body vs. within the Dharma body
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.
