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Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Working with Emotions 
Nov 24, 2023 A talk given at the Buddhist Gem Fellowship in Malaysia.
- Disconnecting from attachment and aversion
- The sticky mind of attachment
- How we act under the influence of attachment
- Applying the antidotes to attachment
- Creating an image of who we want to be but who we aren’t
- Reputation as an object of attachment
- Learning from the animals at Sravasti Abbey
- Questions and answers
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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.
