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.
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Venerable Thubten Jigme Review of five faults and eight antidotes
Reviewing the five faults and eight antidotes from Maitreya’s Differentiation of the Middle from the…
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Reviewing the qualities of the Three Jewels
Reviewing the first chapter, focusing on the 8 qualities of each of the Three Jewels.
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Review of the 18 unshared qualities
Reviewing the eighteen unshared qualities by discussing what actions we’re doing now that may contribute…
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Meditation on compassion as the antidote to the crit...
A guided meditation on replacing a judgmental attitude with compassion.
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Review of Chapter Six: Verses 36-40
Developing fortitude in the face of harm and hardship using thought transformation verses.
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Meditation on working with fear and anger
A guided meditation on how to work with fear and anger to respond more effectively…
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Meditation on mind as the source of happiness and pain
Guided meditation on how emotions and attitudes create our experience.
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End-of-life care
How can we approach the difficult process of making end-of-life care decisions regarding loved ones?
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Practicing Dharma with mental illness
Mental illness need not be an obstacle to practicing the Dharma.
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Review of the 10 nonvirtuous actions
Reviewing Chapter 11, describing the ten nonvirtuous actions, factors that makes karma heavy and effect…
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