Blog
Latest Posts
View all posts in Venerable Thubten Chodron's teaching archive.
Venerable Thubten Chodron Good Karma: The importance of motivation
The mental nonvirtues of coveting, malice, and wrong views.
View Post
Good Karma: Karmic consequences of the ten nonvirtues
Why we should avoid engaging in killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct.
View Post
Good Karma: Serving others instead of exploiting them
How to overcome miserliness and being mistreated by others.
View Post
Good Karma: The four characteristics of karma
More about the characteristics of karma and how to overcome mental suffering.
View Post
Good Karma: A short overview of the Buddhist worldview
Introduction to the Buddhist worldview and "The Wheel of Sharp Weapons."
View Post
Establishing the sangha in the West
Transcript of a meeting with monastics on establishing a monastic community in the West.
View Post
Declaring my faults & praising others
Commentary on thought transformation verses that explain how to exchange self and others.
View Post
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) Conventional and ultimate analysis
Explaining how things are not findable under conventional and ultimate analysis, continuing the section "Equality…
View Post
Sravasti Abbey Monastics My time in prison
A Sravasti Abbey volunteer confronts his preconceptions on what prison life is like.
View Post
Competition and exchanging self with others
Continued explanation of exchanging self with others to develop bodhicitta.
View Post