Venerable Thubten Chodron
Pioneering American Buddhist teacher and founder of Sravasti Abbey, currently assisting His Holiness the Dalai Lama with The Library of Wisdom and Compassion book series.
Establishing the Sangha in the West
Venerable Thubten Chodron spoke to a group of Western monastics about how to establish a monastic community in the West. Read the full transcript of the meeting here.
Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions
Identifying anxiety
The path from worry to fear and anxiety, and the…
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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2019
Counteracting habitual mental patterns
We can accept the person we are now and create…
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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2019
Exploring compassion
Dr. Russell Kolts discusses how compassion helps us work through…
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Bodhisattva Path
70 Topics: Introduction
Overview of the "Ornament for Clear Realization," the basis for…
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Meditation
How to Meditate: Purpose and posture
Preparing the mind and body for a meditation session.
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Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying Retreats
Facing fear of death
How to face the fear of death and practical methods…
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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature
Buddhahood depends on sentient beings
Reviewing Chapter 12, "The Mind and Its Potential", describing how…
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Good Karma Annual Retreat
Venerable Thubten Chodron Good Karma: Helpful and unhelpful friends
Responses to questions and commentary on verses about spiritual friends.
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On Self-Worth
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A.L. - May 29, 2023
Gratitude for the Dharma
A. L. reflects on how prison has afforded her time…
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Prison Poetry
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J. D.
- May 29, 2023
Gathas for daily life
An incarcerated person is inspired by the writing of Thich…
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On Cultivating Wisdom
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A. L.
- May 29, 2023
Dealing with difficult changes
A woman in prison uses a mind training prompt to…
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Good Karma Annual Retreat
Good Karma: The importance of motivation
The mental nonvirtues of coveting, malice, and wrong views.
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Good Karma Annual Retreat
Good Karma: Karmic consequences of the ten nonvirtues
Why we should avoid engaging in killing, stealing, and sexual…
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Good Karma Annual Retreat
Good Karma: Serving others instead of exploiting them
How to overcome miserliness and being mistreated by others.
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Good Karma Annual Retreat
Good Karma: The four characteristics of karma
More about the characteristics of karma and how to overcome…
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Good Karma Annual Retreat
Good Karma: A short overview of the Buddhist worldview
Introduction to the Buddhist worldview and "The Wheel of Sharp…
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365 Gems of Wisdom
Reflections by Venerable Thubten Chodron and other Sravasti Abbey monastics to guide us in settin...
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Realizing the Profound View
This 8th volume in The Library of Wisdom and Compassion series, the second of three focusing on e...
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Searching for the Self
Volume 7 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion explores emptiness and leads us to delve deeply ...
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Courageous Compassion
The 6th book in the multi-volume collection and the 2nd devoted to compassion. Courageous Compass...
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Working with Anger
A variety of Buddhist methods for subduing anger, not by changing what is happening, but by worki...
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Open Heart, Clear Mind
A practical introduction to the application of Buddhist psychology to modern life in order to bet...
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Buddhism for Beginners
An accessible and engaging introduction to some of the most commonly asked questions about the es...
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Guided Buddhist Meditations
This invaluable resource provides Dharma practitioners with clear explanations of the stages of t...
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Gavin Discovers the Secret to Happiness
A book enjoyable and beneficial for all ages, Gavin Discovers the Secret to Happiness has much to...
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