Review of five faults and eight antidotes
90 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps
Venerable Thubten Jigme 
Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps 
Mar 27, 2026 Part of an ongoing series of teachings based on the book Following in the Buddha's Footsteps, the fourth volume in The Library of Wisdom and Compassion series by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron.
- Discussion on cultivating the four antidotes to laziness
- Summary of nine stages of sustained attention
- Developing mindfulness by keeping ethical conduct
- Coarse and subtle restlessness
- Coarse and subtle laxity
- Cultivating introspective awareness
- Non-application of antidotes and over application of antidotes
- Working with the faults and antidotes in our own practice
90 Review of Five Faults and Eight Antidotes (download)
Venerable Thubten Jigme
Venerable Jigme met Venerable Chodron in 1998 at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center. She took refuge in 1999 and attended Dharma Friendship Foundation in Seattle. She moved to the Abbey in 2008 and took sramanerika and sikasamana vows with Venerable Chodron as her preceptor in March 2009. She received bhikshuni ordination at Fo Guang Shan in Taiwan in 2011. Before moving to Sravasti Abbey, Venerable Jigme (then Dianne Pratt) worked as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in private practice in Seattle. In her career as a nurse, she worked in hospitals, clinics and educational settings. At the Abbey, Ven. Jigme is the Guest Master, manages the prison outreach program and oversees the video program.
