Not harming and being of benefit
03 Vajrasattva Retreat (2024)
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Vajrasattva 
Dec 22, 2024 Part of a two-day retreat on the practice of Vajrasattva for Pureland Marketing given during Venerable Chodron's 2024 Seattle-to-Singapore Teaching Tour
- The importance of guarding our speech and actions
- Using mindfulness and introspective awareness to help us live ethically
- How to come back to our positive motivation throughout the day
- The importance of daily purification practice
- Why bodhicitta depends on every sentient being
- Questions and answers:
- Guided Vajrasattva meditation
- Different visualizations one can do while reciting the mantra
Part 1 of this series:
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.
