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.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The library of wisdom and compassion
Story behind writing the books in the series "The Library of Wisdom and Compassion."
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Luis - Oct 16, 2018
Luis The human story
Each person's individual journey contains challenges and difficulties that, if met with courage, can cause…
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Thought consciousnesses and direct perceivers
Continuing to teach Chapter Three, on thought consciousnesses and direct perceivers.
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Being human: Not seeing the world as us and them
Cultivating the mind that sees all sentient beings as equal and how this benefits ourselves…
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Luis
- Oct 7, 2018
Return to reality: Love and hate
Seemingly contradictory feelings can lead to the same prison, a prison of ignorance.
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Working with unwanted thoughts and emotions
How we can work over time to replace troublesome thoughts and emotions with more compassionate…
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Antidote for multiple mood swings in a day
Comparing the changes of the weather to our mood swings.
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Mind and emotions
Beginning Chapter 3: Mind and Emotions, exploring the relationship between unhappiness and non-virtue.
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Proving mutual inclusion
Explaining how to prove mutual inclusion, and leading the class in doing Exercises 11.1 and…
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How to recognize or identify our afflictions
How the body and mind give us clues when afflictions are at play.
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How intoxicants affect mindfulness and introspective...
Bringing our attention to the role of intoxicants in the allegations against Judge Kavanaugh.
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Afflictions arise with a happy or angry mind
Encouraging us to be mindful of the afflictions playing in the background of our mind.
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