Cultivating gratitude
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Cultivating Healthy Relationships 
Dec 14, 2024 The second of two talks on gratitude given at a one day retreat hosted by the Singapore Buddhist Mission and the NUS Buddhist Society in Singapore.
- Introduction and motivation
- Discussion questions
- Who do you need to forgive in your life?
- What are the obstacles to forgive for you?
- What ideas do you have to overcome these obstacles
- We view everything in terms of “me”
- Two ways we are responsible for our own experience
- Developing gratitude by seeing the kindness of others
- Everything we use, have, and enjoy came from other people
- Examples of gratitude for those who have harmed us
- Seeing those who have harmed as kind
- We can only practice patience and fortitude with those who harm us
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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.
