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Equanimity and the kindness of others
Leading a meditation on equanimity and teaching on the the seven-point cause and effect method to generate bodhicitta.
New! “Awaken Every Day”
Excerpts from the book Awaken Every Day: 365 Buddhist Reflections to Invite Mindfulness and Joy
Getting started
A quick guide to getting started with using ThubtenChodron.org.
Aspirations for degenerate times
Reflecting on Mahayana practice in light of current world events.
Buddhist tenet systems: origin and background
How the four Buddhist tenet systems originated in the Buddhist teachings and were presented in early Indian and Tibetan texts.
Taking the bodhisattva ethical restraint
Encouraging to create causes and conditions for us to benefit others in worldly and spiritual ways and covering verses on taking the bodhisattva ethical code
Motivational Monday: An interview with Venerable Chodron
Venerable Chodron discusses the Buddhist perspective on happiness, compassion and becoming the person you want to be.
The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas: Verses 5-9
Commentary on verses that help us think about what is meaningful in this life and look beyond this life to future lives and liberation.
An Open-Hearted Life: Compassionate thinking and mentalizing
To develop compassion, we want to nurture beneficial and realistic ways of thinking and avoid counterproductive thinking.
Meditation on compassion
Guided meditation on cultivating compassion.
Offering our bodies to all sentient beings
Covering Verses 3.11-3.17 and encouraging us to dedicate our body, merit, and resources to the welfare of others and directly challenge the self-centered mind
Requesting teachings and our teachers to remain
Giving commentary to Verses 1-11 of Chapter 3, covering the limbs of rejoicing, requesting teachings, requesting teachers to remain, and dedication of merit
Don’t take life for granted
“In the blink of an eye, everything can change.” A student examines how this truth affects his relationships.