Keeping a long-term perspective
02 Parting from the Four Clingings (2025)
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Parting from the Four Clingings 
Apr 12, 2025 A teaching on Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen’s "Song of Experience on Mind Training and the View" for the Longku Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies and Meditation
- How the eight worldly concerns lead to unethical conduct
- The importance of engaging in study and reflection
- How secular and Buddhist mindfulness differ
- Our motivation changes the outcome of our practice
- Why dedicating for a precious human life is important
- Questions and answers:
- How do we come to an understanding of universal ethics?
- How do we know if we’re meditating with the right motivation?
- Is meditation on the emptiness of pain helpful for those suffering?
- How do we encourage others who are not interested in meditating?
Part 3 of these teachings:
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.
