How to sustain motivation in difficult times and other practice questions
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
New to Buddhism 
Dec 22, 2025 A talk with questions and answers with Dharma students in Singapore.
- What practices are good to do while you’re alive?
- How can you be joyful when you practice?
- How can we sustain motivation in difficult times?
- Is it important to aspire to be born in a pure land?
- How can we maintain mindfulness?
- How do we meditate on the teachings?
- How can we give up the happiness of the things we like?
- How can we make good choices?
- Which pure land should we aspire to be born in?
- What is the difference between compassion and bodhicitta?
- What does it mean to do more being and less doing?
- How do I know if my choice is correct?
How to sustain motivation in difficult times and other practice questions (download)
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.
