The danger of anger
111 Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds
Venerable Thubten Chonyi 
Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey 
Oct 27, 2022 Part of an ongoing series of teachings based on Shantideva’s classic text, Bodhisattvacharyavatara, often translated as Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds. Venerable Thubten Chodron also refers to the outline of the commentary by Gyaltsab Dharma Rinchen and the commentary by the Abbot Dragpa Gyaltsen.
- Review of verses 1-6 of Chapter 6 on fortitude
- Understanding what anger is
- The disadvantages of anger
- What merit is and how it is eroded by anger
- The factors that give rise to anger
- Practical antidotes to anger
111 Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds: The danger of anger (download)
Venerable Thubten Chonyi
Ven. Thubten Chonyi is a nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. She has studied with Sravasti Abbey founder and abbess Ven. Thubten Chodron since 1996. She lives and trains at the Abbey, where she received novice ordination in 2008. She took full ordination at Fo Guang Shan in Taiwan in 2011. Ven. Chonyi regularly teaches Buddhism and meditation at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane and, occasionally, in other locations as well.
