Calendar

Here you'll find Venerable Thubten Chodron's teaching calendar. Visit the Sravasti Abbey website calendar for more Dharma events.

Events in June 2023

  • YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds

    YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds

    • Jun 1, 2023 - Jun 1, 2023
    • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

    Streamed on YouTube weekly Thursdays at 9 am Pacific Time

    Join Venerable Thubten Chodron for live teachings on Shantideva’s classic text Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds. A text that the residents of Sravasti Abbey read annually on Christmas Day, this is a book that provides a road map to awakening you’ll keep coming back to. The Dalai Lama famously attributed any realization of compassion and bodhicitta he has to this text.

    Who it’s for:

    Engaging in a Bodhisattva’s Deeds is a text that lends itself to both new and seasoned Dharma practitioners. It covers the entire span of practices necessary to progress on the path to full awakening, in an easy to read format with stark imagery and reasonings to inspire and transform the mind.

    About the author:

    Shantideva lived in 8th century ancient India, was born into a royal family and set to assume the throne after his father. However, motivated to be of greatest benefit to all sentient beings, Shantideva left the royal life and entered monastic life at the renowned Nalanda Monastery.

    YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds
    692 Country Lane
    Newport, WA 99156
    United States
    509-447-5549
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  • Webcast: Working with Anger

    Webcast: Working with Anger

    • Jun 4, 2023 - Jun 4, 2023
    • All Day -

    Working with Anger Workshop
    Available for viewing on Gompa Tibetan Monastery Services starting June 4, 2023
    Organized by Coordinamento Nazionale Pedagogisti e Educatori
    Interpretation into Italian also available

    In this series of five talks, Venerable Thubten Chodron explains how anger arises, what anger is, and how anger interacts with our lives. She explores the disadvantages of anger, and how anger relates to attachment and social change, and explains the Buddhist perspective on how we can overcome anger both toward ourselves and others.

    Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special teaching event. At the time you register, there will also be the opportunity to make a voluntary offering in support of the Sravasti Abbey, Newport, Washington, USA. From the closing registration date of July 3rd, 2023, onwards, the teaching will continue to be available to Gompa member-supporters from the Gompa Library.

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  • YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds

    YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds

    • Jun 8, 2023 - Jun 8, 2023
    • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

    Streamed on YouTube weekly Thursdays at 9 am Pacific Time

    Join Venerable Thubten Chodron for live teachings on Shantideva’s classic text Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds. A text that the residents of Sravasti Abbey read annually on Christmas Day, this is a book that provides a road map to awakening you’ll keep coming back to. The Dalai Lama famously attributed any realization of compassion and bodhicitta he has to this text.

    Who it’s for:

    Engaging in a Bodhisattva’s Deeds is a text that lends itself to both new and seasoned Dharma practitioners. It covers the entire span of practices necessary to progress on the path to full awakening, in an easy to read format with stark imagery and reasonings to inspire and transform the mind.

    About the author:

    Shantideva lived in 8th century ancient India, was born into a royal family and set to assume the throne after his father. However, motivated to be of greatest benefit to all sentient beings, Shantideva left the royal life and entered monastic life at the renowned Nalanda Monastery.

    YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds
    692 Country Lane
    Newport, WA 99156
    United States
    509-447-5549
    iCal YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds
  • YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds

    YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds

    • Jun 15, 2023 - Jun 15, 2023
    • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

    Streamed on YouTube weekly Thursdays at 9 am Pacific Time

    Join Venerable Thubten Chodron for live teachings on Shantideva’s classic text Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds. A text that the residents of Sravasti Abbey read annually on Christmas Day, this is a book that provides a road map to awakening you’ll keep coming back to. The Dalai Lama famously attributed any realization of compassion and bodhicitta he has to this text.

    Who it’s for:

    Engaging in a Bodhisattva’s Deeds is a text that lends itself to both new and seasoned Dharma practitioners. It covers the entire span of practices necessary to progress on the path to full awakening, in an easy to read format with stark imagery and reasonings to inspire and transform the mind.

    About the author:

    Shantideva lived in 8th century ancient India, was born into a royal family and set to assume the throne after his father. However, motivated to be of greatest benefit to all sentient beings, Shantideva left the royal life and entered monastic life at the renowned Nalanda Monastery.

    YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds
    692 Country Lane
    Newport, WA 99156
    United States
    509-447-5549
    iCal YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds
  • YouTube & Zoom: Q&A with Clear Mountain Monastery

    YouTube & Zoom: Q&A with Clear Mountain Monastery

    • Jun 21, 2023 - Jun 21, 2023
    • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

    Ven. Chodron Q&A with Ajahns Kovilo and Nisabho
    A Growing Friendship between Sravasti Abbey & Clear Mountain Monastery

    Wednesday June 21
    6–7:30 pm Pacific Time
    Hosted on YouTube and Zoom by Clear Mountain Monastery

    As part of a growing friendship, Eastern Washington’s Sravasti Abbey and Seattle’s Clear Mountain Monastery will co-host a Q&A session at 6 pm Wed. June 21, with Ven. Thubten Chodron and the two communities, including those joining online (6-6:45 pm via YouTube Livestream and 6:45-7:30 pm via Zoom).

    Ajahn Nisabho and Ajahn Kovilo, co-founders of Clear Mountain Monastery, will lead an interview with Ven. Chodron in which they, and those joining online, will have the opportunity to ask her about the confluence of the Mahāyāna and Theravāda traditions, Emptiness, building harmonious community, and other questions that come to mind. The shared event represents the first step in a budding relationship bridging Washington and the two traditions.

    Program

    6–6:45 pm: Watch livestream on YouTube here.
    6:45–7:30 pm: Join the conversation as it continues on Zoom here.

    Meeting ID: 814 0437 4852
    Passcode: 018605

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  • YouTube: Q&A Part II with Clear Mountain Monastery

    YouTube: Q&A Part II with Clear Mountain Monastery

    • Jun 22, 2023 - Jun 22, 2023
    • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

    Ven. Chodron Q&A with Ajahns Kovilo and Nisabho
    A Growing Friendship between Sravasti Abbey & Clear Mountain Monastery

    Thursday June 22
    2-3 pm Pacific Time
    Hosted on YouTube by Sravasti Abbey

    After an engaging Q&A session between the monks of Clear Mountain Monastery and Venerable Thubten Chodron, Sravasti Abbey hosts a follow-up session where Venerable Thubten Chodron will put Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho in the hot seat.

    Watch the Wednesday June 21 Q&A on the Clear Mountain Monastery YouTube channel here.

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  • Zoom: Transforming Knowledge into Action

    Zoom: Transforming Knowledge into Action

    • Jun 24, 2023 - Jun 24, 2023
    • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

    Transforming Knowledge into Action
    June 24, 5 pm to 6:30 pm Pacific Time
    June 25, 10 am to 11:30 am Sydney Time
    Hosted by Vajrayana Institute Sydney

    Venerable Thubten Chodron gives practical advice about how to apply the Buddha’s teachings when the rubber hits the road and our Dharma study is put to the test.

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