Good Karma: Determining to maintain good character wherever we are
Good Karma 18
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Good Karma Annual Retreat 
May 25, 2024 Part of a series of talks given during the annual Memorial Day weekend retreat based on the book Good Karma: How to Create the Causes of Happiness and Avoid the Causes of Suffering, a commentary on "The Wheel of Sharp Weapons" by Indian sage Dharmarakshita.
- Commentary on verse 21
- How to respect our teachers
- Following our teachers advice
- How to avoid pretension and deceit
- Commentary on verse 22
- Keeping good ethical conduct out of personal integrity and consideration for others
- Helping others to maintain faith in the Dharma
- The difference between attachment to praise and reputation and genuine consideration for others
- Commentary on verse 23
- The results of being disagreeable – being around people who are constantly quarrelling
- Maintaining a good character wherever we are
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.
