Happiness and pain come from the mind
02 Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2024
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2024 
Jun 16, 2024 A talk given to participants of the Young Adults Explore Buddhism program at Sravasti Abbey in the summer of 2024
- The meaning of “taking refuge”
- The mind is a linear continuum
- Karma and different rebirths
- The benefits of celibacy
- We create the causes for happiness or suffering
- Sorrow and a bodhisattva’s optimism
- Compassion versus personal distress
- Stages of spiritual practice
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.
