Meditation on the influence of attachment in our life
Venerable Thubten Samten 
Working with Anger 
Jun 7, 2026 A guided meditation led at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day. You can also view the complete video of the session including the teaching on "Contact with external factors and anger".
- Meditation on the breath
- Setting an altruistic motivation
- The meaning of attachment in Buddhism
- Look at the things and persons you’re attached to
- Pick one thing or person you are attached to, how does it appear to you, what stories do you tell yourself?
- Does the thing or person have the qualities you attribute to it or is there exaggeration?
- Do you have unrealistic expectations of the person or thing?
- Look at how you behave when you are attached to something or someone
- Conclusion: See that attachment is not our firend and that clinging to things or persons disturbs our peace of mind and happiness. Make a determination to counteract attachment
Meditation on the influence of attachment in our life (download)
Venerable Thubten Samten
Venerable Samten met Venerable Chodron in 1996 when the future Venerable Chonyi took the future Ven. Samten to a Dharma talk at Dharma Friendship Foundation. The talk on the kindness of others and the way it was presented is deeply etched in her mind. Four Cloud Mountain retreats with Ven. Chodron, eight months in India and Nepal studying the Dharma, one month of offering service at Sravasti Abbey, and a two month retreat at Sravasti Abbey in 2008, fueled the fire to ordain. This took place August 26, 2010 (see photos). This was followed by full ordination in Taiwan in March, 2012 (see photos), becoming Sravasti Abbey's sixth bhikshuni. Right after finishing a Bachelor of Music degree, Ven. Samten moved to Edmonton to pursue training as a corporeal mime artist. Five years later, a return to university to obtain Bachelor of Education degree opened the door to teaching for the Edmonton Public School board as a music teacher. Concurrently, Ven. Samten became a founding member and performer with Kita No Taiko, Alberta's first Japanese drum group. Ven. Samten is responsible for thanking donors who make offerings online; assisting Venerable Tarpa with developing and facilitating the SAFE online learning courses; assisting with the forest thinning project; tracking down knapweed; maintaining the Abbey database and answering email questions; and photographing the amazing moments that are constantly happening at the Abbey.
