Practicing with your spiritual mentor’s passing
Practicing with your spiritual mentor’s passing
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Dealing with Grief 
Apr 16, 2023 An online talk for Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore before a Tara Puja to pray for Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s swift return.
- Personal experiences dealing with a spiritual mentor’s death
- Two teachers’ different responses to their own teachers’ deaths
- Appreciating the kindness of our spiritual mentor
- Stepping up to the plate to benefit sentient beings
- Overcoming a lack of confidence
- Questions and answers
- Plans for future retreats at Kopan Monastery
- Dealing with grief
- Responding to the misinterpreted video of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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.
