Love and attachment
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Family and Friends 
Jun 7, 2002 Part of a series of talks regarding the influence that Dharma practice can have on family life, given at the Mid-America Buddhist Association workshop held in Augusta, Missouri on June 7-9, 2002.
Introduction
- Love and attachment
- Family relationships
- The importance of the extended family
DAF 01a: Introduction (download)
Impermanence as an antidote to attachment
- Attachment as dependence
- Dependence as sorrow and suffering
- Impermanence for healthy relationships
DAF 01b: Impermanence (download)
Parents as role models
- Balancing structure to help adolescents
- Suffering as a normal part of the human experience
- Role of parents
DAF 01c: Adolescents (download)
Questions and answers: part one
- Changing patterns of behavior
- Positive influence of our parents
- The kindness of those who raised us
DAF 01d: Patterns of behavior (download)
Questions and answers: part two
- Attachment and relationships
- Expanding love for our friends and others
- Cultivating the equanimity
DAF 01e: Q&A (download)
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.
