Blog
Latest Posts
View all posts in Venerable Thubten Chodron's teaching archive.
The Buddhist worldview
How our worldview is based on a solid idea of self. Our life can change…
View PostWomen working together
At a conference around the birthday of Bhikshuni Wu Yin, the necessary actions for encouragement…
View PostKarma and compassion: Part 2 of 2
The four immeasurables (love, compassion, joy, equanimity) as antidotes to negative karma.
View PostKarma and compassion: Part 1 of 2
In her discussion of what the Buddha meant by karma, Venerable Chodron talks about how…
View PostMeditation on love
How love is different from attachment and the benefits of cultivating love.
View PostPaying attention to life
An incarcerated person discusses the ways practice has helped him cope and improved his life…
View PostFreedoms and fortunes of this life
Exploring our great fortune in having been born in the human realm.
View PostPrecious human life
The meaning, purpose and rarity of the freedoms and fortunes of a precious human life…
View PostThe kindness of others
Recognizing the kindness of others and seeing them as something to be cherished.
View PostExamining anger and its antidotes
Anger is a broad category of emotions based on exaggeration. When we can recognize it…
View PostA Song of Longing for Tara, the Infallible
An homage and praise to Tara by Lobsang Tenpey Gyaltsen.
View Post