The real nature of attachment and craving
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2026 
Jun 14, 2026 Part of a series of talks given during Sravasti Abbey's annual Exploring Buddhism for Young Adults program in the summer of 2026.
- The definitions of anger and attachment
- Getting the objects of our attachment don’t bring real happiness
- The affect of attachment on our relationships
- What does it mean to be successful?
- Everyone is the same, they want happiness and don’t want suffering
- Renunciation is renouncing misery, not happiness
- Ignorance is the parent of attachment and anger
- We’re always looking for something that will bring us pleasure
- Attachment and anger are based on a wrong conception of self
- The suffering of wealth
- The story of Shantideva
The real nature of attachment and craving (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.
