Perfection of generosity: Learning to connect with everybody
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
The Six Perfections 
Sep 3, 2022 A series of teachings given by Venerable Thubten Chodron during a weekend retreat at Sravasti Abbey from September 2 to 5, 2022. The teachings were based on the text Nagarjuna on the Six Perfections.
- Every being equally wants to be happy, and everybody wants to avoid suffering
- How we can cultivate awareness of this throughout the day
- Avoiding stereotypes and preconceivd judgements by reaching out to others
- Seeing everyone as a friend
- Buddhadharma is about our life and how we relate to the world
- Investigating our inner world helps us understand the external world and other beings
- Further explanation and clarification of Shariputra’s story
- Pure giving without harmful attitudes
- Generosity of demons versus generosity of Buddhas
- The economy of generosity
- Relationship between monastics and lay people
- Buddha taught everybody who wanted to receive teachings.
- Thinking of money as a gift and a way of caring about those who offer services and goods
- The misperceptions of labeling objects as mine / ours
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.
