Overcoming our rules of the universe
Good Karma 32
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Good Karma Annual Retreat 
May 25, 2026 Part of a series of talks given during the annual Memorial Day weekend retreat based on the book Good Karma: How to Create the Causes of Happiness and Avoid the Causes of Suffering, a commentary on "The Wheel of Sharp Weapons" by Indian sage Dharmarakshita
- Questions and answers
- Responding to verbal abuse
- Purifying harsh speech
- Verse 54, continued
- The process of creating suffering for ourselves
- Wise fear of the afflictions
- Checking our rules of the universe
- Verse 55: Not creating the causes for happiness
- Our unwillingness to endure hardship to practice the Dharma
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.
