Confession prayer part 3
11 Exploring Monastic Life 2023
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Exploring Monastic Life 2023 
Jul 15, 2023 Part of a series of teachings given during Sravasti Abbey's annual Exploring Monastic Life program in 2023.
- How to avoid being deceived by our own arrogance
- Watch the mind that says it’s not fair
- Developing negative karma from causing others to create negative karma
- Criticizing teachers, traditions, and committing actions harmful to the Three Jewels
- Checking the qualities of a teacher before you make a connection
- Making up something else and presenting that as Buddhist Dharma
- Confessing and acknowledging brings long-term happiness
- Prostrations, purification, and memorizing the prayer – Woe is me
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.
