Calendar
Here you'll find Venerable Thubten Chodron's teaching calendar. Visit the Sravasti Abbey website calendar for more Dharma events.
Events in December 2022
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Livestream: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds
Livestream: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds
Livestream: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's DeedsLivestreamed weekly Saturdays at 8 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.
iCal Livestream: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds692 Country LaneNewport, WA 99156United States509-447-5549 -
Seattle area: Transforming Anxiety and Depression in a Rapidly Changing World
Seattle area: Transforming Anxiety and Depression in a Rapidly Changing World
Seattle area: Transforming Anxiety and Depression in a Rapidly Changing WorldTransforming Anxiety and Depression in a Rapidly Changing World
Tuesday December 6
7:30 pm-9:00 pm
In-person talk organized by Dharma Friendship FoundationPandemics, climate breakdown, social, economic and political unrest – these are just a few of the stressors confronting the 21st century psyche, often with painful outcomes. Nonetheless, Buddhist wisdom has much to offer in helping us weather the storms of modern life. Join Venerable Thubten Chodron as she offers easily accessible teachings on how to cultivate emotional resilience and spiritual peace in trying times.
*Please wear a well-fitting face mask in order to protect against the spread of viral illness.
The talk will also be streamed here with support from Eastside Insight Meditation: https://bit.ly/3FqwWfS
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Singapore: The Four Close Placements of Mindfulness
Singapore: The Four Close Placements of Mindfulness
Singapore: The Four Close Placements of MindfulnessThe Four Close Placements of Mindfulness
Saturday, December 10 & Sunday, December 11
10:00 am – 4:00 pm both days
In-person workshop hosted by Amitabha Buddhist CentreThere’s no better way to end the year than by focusing our minds on what truly matters. Instead of losing our minds in sense pleasure, spend your weekend with Venerable Thubten Chodron and investigate how our body, feelings, mind, and phenomena actually exist. With more clarity and wisdom, we’ll be able to set clear priorities and create the causes for a meaningful new year.
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Singapore: The Four Close Placements of Mindfulness
Singapore: The Four Close Placements of Mindfulness
Singapore: The Four Close Placements of MindfulnessThe Four Close Placements of Mindfulness
Saturday, December 10 & Sunday, December 11
10:00 am – 4:00 pm both days
In-person workshop hosted by Amitabha Buddhist CentreThere’s no better way to end the year than by focusing our minds on what truly matters. Instead of losing our minds in sense pleasure, spend your weekend with Venerable Thubten Chodron and investigate how our body, feelings, mind, and phenomena actually exist. With more clarity and wisdom, we’ll be able to set clear priorities and create the causes for a meaningful new year.
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Singapore: Searching for the Self
Singapore: Searching for the Self
Singapore: Searching for the SelfSearching for the Self
Tuesday, December 13 & Wednesday, December 14
7:30 – 9:00 pm both days
In-person talks hosted by Amitabha Buddhist CentreWho am I, and how do I exist? Join Venerable Thubten Chodron for two thought-provoking talks that will challenge how we see ourselves and the world. She will unpack Buddhist views on the nature of reality based on Searching for the Self, Volume 7 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, a multi-volume series on the stages of the path to awakening by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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Singapore: Searching for the Self
Singapore: Searching for the Self
Singapore: Searching for the SelfSearching for the Self
Tuesday, December 13 & Wednesday, December 14
7:30 – 9:00 pm both days
In-person talks hosted by Amitabha Buddhist CentreWho am I, and how do I exist? Join Venerable Thubten Chodron for two thought-provoking talks that will challenge how we see ourselves and the world. She will unpack Buddhist views on the nature of reality based on Searching for the Self, Volume 7 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, a multi-volume series on the stages of the path to awakening by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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Singapore: Practicing the Dharma in Difficult Times
Singapore: Practicing the Dharma in Difficult Times
Singapore: Practicing the Dharma in Difficult TimesPracticing the Dharma in Difficult Times
Friday, December 16
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In-person talk hosted by The Buddhist LibraryIf the Dharma works, why am I still suffering? Well, don’t throw in the towel just yet. Venerable Thubten Chodron explains how to take the difficulties that are part of life in cyclic existence into our spiritual practice. By following the Buddha’s teachings, we can transform whatever challenges we face into the causes for personal growth, liberation, and awakening.
iCal Singapore: Practicing the Dharma in Difficult TimesNo. 2, Geylang Lorong 24A398526Singapore+65 6746 8435 -
Singapore: Finding Your Purpose in Life
Singapore: Finding Your Purpose in Life
Singapore: Finding Your Purpose in LifeFinding Your Purpose in Life
Saturday, December 17
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
In-person talk hosted by Singapore Buddhist MissionGo to a good school, get a good job, find a good spouse, raise good children. Is that the primary meaning and purpose of our lives? Venerable Thubten Chodron speaks especially to youths and young working adults on how to look inside our hearts and discover what we can contribute to the world with joy, instead of getting swept up in the stream of social pressures and expectations.
iCal Singapore: Finding Your Purpose in LifeSingapore: Book Launch of “In Praise of Great Compassion”Singapore: Book Launch of “In Praise of Great Compassion”
Singapore: Book Launch of “In Praise of Great Compassion”Book Launch of “In Praise of Great Compassion”
Saturday, December 17
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In-person talk hosted by Poh Ming Tse TempleVenerable Thubten Chodron teaches from In Praise of Great Compassion, Volume 5 of The Library and Wisdom and Compassion, a multi-volume series on the stages of the path to awakening by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. She explains how we can open our hearts to others and generate compassion, joy, and fortitude to make our lives meaningful by benefitting all beings.
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Singapore: Live Each Day with Loving-Kindness
Singapore: Live Each Day with Loving-Kindness
Singapore: Live Each Day with Loving-KindnessLive Each Day with Loving-Kindness
Sunday, December 18
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
In-person talk hosted by Buddhist FellowshipIt might be easy to wish for ourselves and others to be well and happy on the meditation cushion. But can we generate loving-kindness when things don’t go our way? Or do we beat ourselves up for making mistakes and blame others for our problems? Venerable Thubten Chodron offers practical tips on how to bring loving-kindness into the ups and downs of our daily lives and interpersonal relationships.
iCal Singapore: Live Each Day with Loving-Kindness2 Telok Blangah Street 31#02-00 Yeo’s Building108942Singapore+65 6278 0900Singapore: Lama Tsongkhapa Day Talk and PujaSingapore: Lama Tsongkhapa Day Talk and Puja
Singapore: Lama Tsongkhapa Day Talk and PujaLama Tsongkhapa Day Talk and Puja
Sunday, December 18
3:30 pm – 6:00 pm - Note change in start time to 30 minutes later
In-person event hosted by Amitabha Buddhist CentreEach year, Tibetan Buddhists commemorate the life and contributions of the great Tibetan master Lama Tsongkhapa on the anniversary of his passing into parinirvana. Venerable Thubten Chodron will offer an hour-long talk on Lama Tsongkhapa and his teachings, which will be followed by a celebratory prayer session.
iCal Singapore: Lama Tsongkhapa Day Talk and Puja44 Lorong 25A Geylang388244Singapore+65 6745 8547 -
Singapore: Free Yourself From Attachment
Singapore: Free Yourself From Attachment
Singapore: Free Yourself From AttachmentFree Yourself From Attachment: Teachings on Shantideva’s “Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds”
Monday, December 19 & Tuesday, December 20
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm both days
In-person talks hosted by Pureland MarketingVenerable Thubten Chodron continues her annual teachings on the Indian sage Shantideva’s classic text, Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds. A revered Buddhist poem written in India around 700 CE, its ten chapters outline the development of bodhicitta, the awakened mind that seeks the liberation and enlightenment of all beings.
In these talks, Venerable Thubten Chodron continues teaching on Chapter 8, on the far-reaching practice of concentration. Developing this stable, clear, and blissful mental state enables spiritual practitioners to focus on any object, especially virtuous attitudes that are essential for accomplishing our own benefit and that of others.
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Singapore: Free Yourself From Attachment
Singapore: Free Yourself From Attachment
Singapore: Free Yourself From AttachmentFree Yourself From Attachment: Teachings on Shantideva’s “Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds”
Monday, December 19 & Tuesday, December 20
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm both days
In-person talks hosted by Pureland MarketingVenerable Thubten Chodron continues her annual teachings on the Indian sage Shantideva’s classic text, Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds. A revered Buddhist poem written in India around 700 CE, its ten chapters outline the development of bodhicitta, the awakened mind that seeks the liberation and enlightenment of all beings.
In these talks, Venerable Thubten Chodron continues teaching on Chapter 8, on the far-reaching practice of concentration. Developing this stable, clear, and blissful mental state enables spiritual practitioners to focus on any object, especially virtuous attitudes that are essential for accomplishing our own benefit and that of others.
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Singapore: Healing from the Heart
Singapore: Healing from the Heart
Singapore: Healing from the HeartHealing from the Heart
Thursday, December 22
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In-person talk hosted by Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery
Ven. Hong Choon Memorial Hall, Level 4, Hall of No FormWhile modern medicine has made disease prevention and treatment possible, what about the age-old afflictions of ignorance, attachment, and anger that continue to plague our minds? In this talk, Venerable Thubten Chodron will teach about genuine healing that begins with cultivating a kind heart.
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Singapore: Why Aspire for Rebirth in Pure Land?
Singapore: Why Aspire for Rebirth in Pure Land?
Singapore: Why Aspire for Rebirth in Pure Land?Why Aspire for Rebirth in Pure Land?
Friday, December 23
7:45 pm – 9:15 pm
In-person talk hosted by Vimalakirti Buddhist CentreWhere is Amitabha’s Pure Land, and what is life like there? Why would Buddhists aspire to be reborn in such a place? Venerable Thubten Chodron addresses questions and doubts that may arise about the Pure Land practice that is popular in East Asia and also practiced within the Tibetan tradition.
iCal Singapore: Why Aspire for Rebirth in Pure Land?20 Lorong 27A Geylang388112Singapore+65 6748 5132