Working with compassion
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Cultivating Compassion 
Dec 12, 2024 A dialogue with leadership coach Dr. Roslina Chai held at the 1880 Club in Singapore.
- Introduction and Venerable Chodron’s background
- Cultivating a compassionate motivation
- How compassion is explained in Buddhist teachings
- If you want to be compassionate you have to know what it is
- Why compassion is important for leaders and organizations
- The tensions in religious institutions are not different from other types of institutions
- The meaning of life is not about external things, it’s what we can contribute with a kind heart
- What is the difference between self-compassion and compassion for others?
- How can we be of service to the world?
- Compassion is the basis of ethics
- How can we guide ourselves to be good givers and philanthropists?
- Monastic life as the conscience of society
- How would you advise those who won’t become monastics but want to be a good human being
- What would you advise us in the corporate world to meditate and reflect on?
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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.
