How to set up a practical meditation schedule, the karma we create from group participation, and conclusion of commentary on the 35 Buddha practice.
Collective karma and negativities to confess
Author Archive | Venerable Thubten Chodron
How we create negative karma
Continuing commentary on the 35 Buddha practice, discussing the varieties of ways we create negative karma.
Confessing ethical downfalls
How to overcome self-hatred and work with anger towards others, giving commentary to the 35 Buddha purification practice.
Applying antidotes to the afflictions
Taking advantage of our present situation Getting straight about virtue and nonvirtue Remembering and applying antidotes to the afflictions Working with anger:
Creating the causes for rebirth in Amitabha’s pure land
What it means to be reborn in Amitabha’s Western Pure Land, how to create the causes of being born there and the benefits.
Clarifying misconceptions about compassion
How Lama Tsonkhapa’s teachings help to clarify misconceptions about compassion and why ethical conduct is important in developing compassion and bodhicitta.
“Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature”: Anger and it’s antidotes
Anger is one of the afflictions causing us to revolve in samsara. A commentary on the variations of anger and how to subdue it.
Creating habits for happiness
How to establish daily habits at home and at work that will lead to greater happiness for ourselves and those around us.
“Following in the Buddha’s Footsteps”
To cultivate a correct motivation for practice we need the framework of the Buddhist world view and that view is encapsulated in the four truths.
How a Buddhist deals with burnout
Factors that lead to burnout and how to avoid it in professional work, volunteer work, helping professions and Dharma practice.