Venerable Thubten Chonyi
Ven. Thubten Chonyi is a nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. She has studied with Sravasti Abbey founder and abbess Ven. Thubten Chodron since 1996. She lives and trains at the Abbey, where she received novice ordination in 2008. She took full ordination at Fo Guang Shan in Taiwan in 2011. Ven. Chonyi regularly teaches Buddhism and meditation at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane and, occasionally, in other locations as well.
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Equalizing and exchanging self and other
Explanation of equalizing and exchanging self and others as well as a special meditation on…
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Developing and sustaining bodhi resolve
Monastics from different traditions discussed cultivating joyous effort and bodhicitta in a difficult modern world.
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Impermanence and suffering
How to contemplate impermanence and suffering, the reality of our situation in samsara, and the…
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Dedicating for awakening
The importance of protecting our merit by dedicating it towards awakening.
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Dedication and rejoicing
The importance of rejoicing in the virtue we've created before dedicating our merit at the…
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Power of regret: Identifying the causes
Beginning to see that all negative actions, the afflictions, and their results arise from causes…
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The power of regret: Our motivations
Examining our motivations through mindfulness and introspective awareness helps generate regret.
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Power of regret: Understanding karma
Generating regret depends on our understanding of karma and its effects.
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Windows of opportunity
Learning the Dharma helps set a clear motivation, helping us to see when windows of…
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Kaleidescope wheel
When a life ends, where does the person go? Was the person ever there to…
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Purification and merit
How we use our life to create the causes for our future experience and the…
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