Taming the monkey mind
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Taming the Mind 
Jun 22, 2024 Part of a series of monthly talks hosted by Vajrayana Institute and Kunsang Yeshe Retreat Centre in Australia.
- Motivation for listening to the talk
- Benefits of taking responsibility for our decisions
- Ways we avoid taking responsibility
- Complaining
- Reasons we complain
- Antidotes to complaining
- Criticizing others
- Reasons we speak of others faults
- Disadvantages of doing so
- Questions and answers
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.
