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YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds
YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds
YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's DeedsStreamed 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.
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YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds
YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds
YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's DeedsStreamed 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.
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YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds
YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds
YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's DeedsStreamed 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.
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Sharing the Dharma Day
Sharing the Dharma Day
Sharing the Dharma DaySharing the Dharma Day
with the Sravasti Abbey Community
10 am-12:00 pm: Meditation & teaching on Livestream
2:00-3:30 pm: Discussion groups on ZoomOne Sunday a month, Sravasti Abbey offers Sharing the Dharma Day, an opportunity for newcomers and old friends to explore the Buddha’s teachings and share in community fellowship. Our online version includes afternoon discussion groups over Zoom. If you are fully vaccinated and boosted, please join us in person. Your nutritious vegetarian potluck offering is welcomed, and registration is required.
Sharing the Dharma Day topics are drawn from the book, An Open-hearted Life: Transformative Methods for Compassionate Living, by Abbey founder and abbess Ven. Thubten Chodron and Eastern Washington University psychologist Dr. Russell Kolts.
People from all faiths and backgrounds can apply the principles explored on Sharing the Dharma Day to enhance their lives.
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YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds
YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds
YouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's DeedsStreamed 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.
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Good Karma – Memorial Day Weekend Retreat
Good Karma – Memorial Day Weekend Retreat
Good Karma – Memorial Day Weekend RetreatGood Karma
A 3-day course with Venerable Thubten Chodron
May 26, 3 pm to May 29, 2 pm Pacific TimeWhy do things happen the way they do?
How do we create the causes for a happy life?Venerable Thubten Chodron continues a series of teachings over Memorial Day weekend based on her book, Good Karma: How to Create the Causes of Happiness and Avoid the Causes of Suffering, a commentary on “The Wheel of Sharp Weapons” by Indian sage Dharmarakshita.
With practical advice and plenty of humor, Venerable Chodron brings this 9th century mind-training text to life. It teaches how to eliminate the causes of anxiety, fear, and depression, and to create the causes of joyful liberation for ourselves and others. Watch previous teachings on this text here.
Registration opens April 3. Check the Sravasti Abbey website for registration info and retreat schedule.
All Sravasti Abbey programs are offered freely and your offerings are welcomed. Go here to make an offering.
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Good Karma – Memorial Day Weekend Retreat
Good Karma – Memorial Day Weekend Retreat
Good Karma – Memorial Day Weekend RetreatGood Karma
A 3-day course with Venerable Thubten Chodron
May 26, 3 pm to May 29, 2 pm Pacific TimeWhy do things happen the way they do?
How do we create the causes for a happy life?Venerable Thubten Chodron continues a series of teachings over Memorial Day weekend based on her book, Good Karma: How to Create the Causes of Happiness and Avoid the Causes of Suffering, a commentary on “The Wheel of Sharp Weapons” by Indian sage Dharmarakshita.
With practical advice and plenty of humor, Venerable Chodron brings this 9th century mind-training text to life. It teaches how to eliminate the causes of anxiety, fear, and depression, and to create the causes of joyful liberation for ourselves and others. Watch previous teachings on this text here.
Registration opens April 3. Check the Sravasti Abbey website for registration info and retreat schedule.
All Sravasti Abbey programs are offered freely and your offerings are welcomed. Go here to make an offering.
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Good Karma – Memorial Day Weekend Retreat
Good Karma – Memorial Day Weekend Retreat
Good Karma – Memorial Day Weekend RetreatGood Karma
A 3-day course with Venerable Thubten Chodron
May 26, 3 pm to May 29, 2 pm Pacific TimeWhy do things happen the way they do?
How do we create the causes for a happy life?Venerable Thubten Chodron continues a series of teachings over Memorial Day weekend based on her book, Good Karma: How to Create the Causes of Happiness and Avoid the Causes of Suffering, a commentary on “The Wheel of Sharp Weapons” by Indian sage Dharmarakshita.
With practical advice and plenty of humor, Venerable Chodron brings this 9th century mind-training text to life. It teaches how to eliminate the causes of anxiety, fear, and depression, and to create the causes of joyful liberation for ourselves and others. Watch previous teachings on this text here.
Registration opens April 3. Check the Sravasti Abbey website for registration info and retreat schedule.
All Sravasti Abbey programs are offered freely and your offerings are welcomed. Go here to make an offering.
iCal Good Karma – Memorial Day Weekend Retreat -
Good Karma – Memorial Day Weekend Retreat
Good Karma – Memorial Day Weekend Retreat
Good Karma – Memorial Day Weekend RetreatGood Karma
A 3-day course with Venerable Thubten Chodron
May 26, 3 pm to May 29, 2 pm Pacific TimeWhy do things happen the way they do?
How do we create the causes for a happy life?Venerable Thubten Chodron continues a series of teachings over Memorial Day weekend based on her book, Good Karma: How to Create the Causes of Happiness and Avoid the Causes of Suffering, a commentary on “The Wheel of Sharp Weapons” by Indian sage Dharmarakshita.
With practical advice and plenty of humor, Venerable Chodron brings this 9th century mind-training text to life. It teaches how to eliminate the causes of anxiety, fear, and depression, and to create the causes of joyful liberation for ourselves and others. Watch previous teachings on this text here.
Registration opens April 3. Check the Sravasti Abbey website for registration info and retreat schedule.
All Sravasti Abbey programs are offered freely and your offerings are welcomed. Go here to make an offering.
iCal Good Karma – Memorial Day Weekend Retreat