For Young People

Teachings from the annual Young Adults Explore Buddhism program and talks especially for youths.

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Venerable Chodron sitting in front of a large gold Buddha statue, teaching to a group of people.
For Young People

Finding your purpose in life

By looking inside, we discover what we can contribute to the world instead of getting…

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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2022

Living in compassion

A psychologist's approach to cultivating compassion and managing emotions.

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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2022

Characteristics of karma

The fundamentals of karma: What it is, how it works, why it’s important, and how…

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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2022

Determining spiritual experiences

Explanation of the fifth precept on avoiding intoxicants and how to assess our spiritual experiences.

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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2022

The five precepts

Explanation of the first four of the five precepts followed by Buddhists.

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A large group of young people smiling while standing together for a photo.
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2019

Actions to abandon and adopt

The Buddha talked about the attitudes and actions to abandon and those to adopt to…

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Young people and a monastic sitting in a discussion circle.
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2019

Resolving difficulties without anger

Anger is not needed to resolve a disputes. Without anger it's possible to connect and…

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Dr. Russell Kolts teaching in front of the Buddha in Chenrezig Hall.
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2019

Exploring compassion

Dr. Russell Kolts discusses how compassion helps us work through difficulties in our own life…

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Venerable teaching to a group of young people.
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2019

Overview of the Buddhist worldview

An outline of the Buddhist worldview. How Buddhism regards the mind, the self, the concept…

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Venerable Chodron standing with participants of the 2018 Young Adult Week.
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2018

Ethical conduct and karma

How our behavior has effects for ourselves and others. Collective karma and the groups we…

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