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
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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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Webcast: Working with Anger
Webcast: Working with Anger
Webcast: Working with AngerWorking 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 availableIn 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
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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Young Adults Explore Buddhism
Young Adults Explore Buddhism
Young Adults Explore BuddhismYoung Adults Explore Buddhism
June 9, 2 pm to June 15, 9 am Pacific TimeConnection. Conversation. Collaboration.
Let’s explore what makes life meaningful.
Join Young Adults Explore Buddhism, for adults aged 18-29, with Ven. Thubten Chodron.
No meditation experience is necessary; just an open and curious mind/heart.Course includes:
Daily teachings and Dharma discussions with Ven. Thubten Chodron
Daily meditaitons
Discussions and service work alongside resident monks and nuns
Outdoor work in the Abbey’s forest and gardens
Recommended reading: Open Heart, Clear Mind by Ven. Thubten Chodron, a complete description of the Buddhist world view.All programs are offered on a donation basis. Read about our economy of generosity.
Read the Young Adults Explore Buddhism webpage for more info or write to office [dot] sravasti [at] gmail [dot] com or call 509-447-5549.
Registration opens April 3. Check the Sravasti Abbey website for registration info.
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Young Adults Explore Buddhism
Young Adults Explore Buddhism
Young Adults Explore BuddhismYoung Adults Explore Buddhism
June 9, 2 pm to June 15, 9 am Pacific TimeConnection. Conversation. Collaboration.
Let’s explore what makes life meaningful.
Join Young Adults Explore Buddhism, for adults aged 18-29, with Ven. Thubten Chodron.
No meditation experience is necessary; just an open and curious mind/heart.Course includes:
Daily teachings and Dharma discussions with Ven. Thubten Chodron
Daily meditaitons
Discussions and service work alongside resident monks and nuns
Outdoor work in the Abbey’s forest and gardens
Recommended reading: Open Heart, Clear Mind by Ven. Thubten Chodron, a complete description of the Buddhist world view.All programs are offered on a donation basis. Read about our economy of generosity.
Read the Young Adults Explore Buddhism webpage for more info or write to office [dot] sravasti [at] gmail [dot] com or call 509-447-5549.
Registration opens April 3. Check the Sravasti Abbey website for registration info.
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Young Adults Explore Buddhism
Young Adults Explore Buddhism
Young Adults Explore BuddhismYoung Adults Explore Buddhism
June 9, 2 pm to June 15, 9 am Pacific TimeConnection. Conversation. Collaboration.
Let’s explore what makes life meaningful.
Join Young Adults Explore Buddhism, for adults aged 18-29, with Ven. Thubten Chodron.
No meditation experience is necessary; just an open and curious mind/heart.Course includes:
Daily teachings and Dharma discussions with Ven. Thubten Chodron
Daily meditaitons
Discussions and service work alongside resident monks and nuns
Outdoor work in the Abbey’s forest and gardens
Recommended reading: Open Heart, Clear Mind by Ven. Thubten Chodron, a complete description of the Buddhist world view.All programs are offered on a donation basis. Read about our economy of generosity.
Read the Young Adults Explore Buddhism webpage for more info or write to office [dot] sravasti [at] gmail [dot] com or call 509-447-5549.
Registration opens April 3. Check the Sravasti Abbey website for registration info.
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Young Adults Explore Buddhism
Young Adults Explore Buddhism
Young Adults Explore BuddhismYoung Adults Explore Buddhism
June 9, 2 pm to June 15, 9 am Pacific TimeConnection. Conversation. Collaboration.
Let’s explore what makes life meaningful.
Join Young Adults Explore Buddhism, for adults aged 18-29, with Ven. Thubten Chodron.
No meditation experience is necessary; just an open and curious mind/heart.Course includes:
Daily teachings and Dharma discussions with Ven. Thubten Chodron
Daily meditaitons
Discussions and service work alongside resident monks and nuns
Outdoor work in the Abbey’s forest and gardens
Recommended reading: Open Heart, Clear Mind by Ven. Thubten Chodron, a complete description of the Buddhist world view.All programs are offered on a donation basis. Read about our economy of generosity.
Read the Young Adults Explore Buddhism webpage for more info or write to office [dot] sravasti [at] gmail [dot] com or call 509-447-5549.
Registration opens April 3. Check the Sravasti Abbey website for registration info.
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Young Adults Explore Buddhism
Young Adults Explore Buddhism
Young Adults Explore BuddhismYoung Adults Explore Buddhism
June 9, 2 pm to June 15, 9 am Pacific TimeConnection. Conversation. Collaboration.
Let’s explore what makes life meaningful.
Join Young Adults Explore Buddhism, for adults aged 18-29, with Ven. Thubten Chodron.
No meditation experience is necessary; just an open and curious mind/heart.Course includes:
Daily teachings and Dharma discussions with Ven. Thubten Chodron
Daily meditaitons
Discussions and service work alongside resident monks and nuns
Outdoor work in the Abbey’s forest and gardens
Recommended reading: Open Heart, Clear Mind by Ven. Thubten Chodron, a complete description of the Buddhist world view.All programs are offered on a donation basis. Read about our economy of generosity.
Read the Young Adults Explore Buddhism webpage for more info or write to office [dot] sravasti [at] gmail [dot] com or call 509-447-5549.
Registration opens April 3. Check the Sravasti Abbey website for registration info.
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Young Adults Explore Buddhism
Young Adults Explore Buddhism
Young Adults Explore BuddhismYoung Adults Explore Buddhism
June 9, 2 pm to June 15, 9 am Pacific TimeConnection. Conversation. Collaboration.
Let’s explore what makes life meaningful.
Join Young Adults Explore Buddhism, for adults aged 18-29, with Ven. Thubten Chodron.
No meditation experience is necessary; just an open and curious mind/heart.Course includes:
Daily teachings and Dharma discussions with Ven. Thubten Chodron
Daily meditaitons
Discussions and service work alongside resident monks and nuns
Outdoor work in the Abbey’s forest and gardens
Recommended reading: Open Heart, Clear Mind by Ven. Thubten Chodron, a complete description of the Buddhist world view.All programs are offered on a donation basis. Read about our economy of generosity.
Read the Young Adults Explore Buddhism webpage for more info or write to office [dot] sravasti [at] gmail [dot] com or call 509-447-5549.
Registration opens April 3. Check the Sravasti Abbey website for registration info.
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Young Adults Explore Buddhism
Young Adults Explore Buddhism
Young Adults Explore BuddhismYoung Adults Explore Buddhism
June 9, 2 pm to June 15, 9 am Pacific TimeConnection. Conversation. Collaboration.
Let’s explore what makes life meaningful.
Join Young Adults Explore Buddhism, for adults aged 18-29, with Ven. Thubten Chodron.
No meditation experience is necessary; just an open and curious mind/heart.Course includes:
Daily teachings and Dharma discussions with Ven. Thubten Chodron
Daily meditaitons
Discussions and service work alongside resident monks and nuns
Outdoor work in the Abbey’s forest and gardens
Recommended reading: Open Heart, Clear Mind by Ven. Thubten Chodron, a complete description of the Buddhist world view.All programs are offered on a donation basis. Read about our economy of generosity.
Read the Young Adults Explore Buddhism webpage for more info or write to office [dot] sravasti [at] gmail [dot] com or call 509-447-5549.
Registration opens April 3. Check the Sravasti Abbey website for registration info.
iCal Young Adults Explore BuddhismYouTube: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's DeedsYouTube: 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 & Zoom: Q&A with Clear Mountain Monastery
YouTube & Zoom: Q&A with Clear Mountain Monastery
YouTube & Zoom: Q&A with Clear Mountain MonasteryVen. 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 MonasteryAs 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
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YouTube: Q&A Part II with Clear Mountain Monastery
YouTube: Q&A Part II with Clear Mountain Monastery
YouTube: Q&A Part II with Clear Mountain MonasteryVen. 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 AbbeyAfter 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
Zoom: Transforming Knowledge into ActionTransforming 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 SydneyVenerable 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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Exploring Monastic Life
Exploring Monastic Life
Exploring Monastic LifeExploring Monastic Life is a study and community experience
with Ven. Thubten Chodron and the Sravasti Abbey Community
June 29, 3:00 pm to July 19, 12:00 pm Pacific TimeExploring Monastic Life is for qualified lay people exploring the possibility of ordination, and for monks and nuns that have been ordained for five years or less.
Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron teaches from over 40 years of experience as a monastic. In addition to receiving daily teachings, you will be able to interact with members of Abbey’s resident monastic community.
Applicants must have taken refuge in the Three Jewels at least one year ago and must not be in a long-term relationship. Priority will be given to applicants under 50 years old.
Exploring Monastic Life is offered in-person only. Read the Exploring Monastic Life program page for more info.
Registration opens April 3. Check the Sravasti Abbey website for registration info.
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Exploring Monastic Life
Exploring Monastic Life
Exploring Monastic LifeExploring Monastic Life is a study and community experience
with Ven. Thubten Chodron and the Sravasti Abbey Community
June 29, 3:00 pm to July 19, 12:00 pm Pacific TimeExploring Monastic Life is for qualified lay people exploring the possibility of ordination, and for monks and nuns that have been ordained for five years or less.
Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron teaches from over 40 years of experience as a monastic. In addition to receiving daily teachings, you will be able to interact with members of Abbey’s resident monastic community.
Applicants must have taken refuge in the Three Jewels at least one year ago and must not be in a long-term relationship. Priority will be given to applicants under 50 years old.
Exploring Monastic Life is offered in-person only. Read the Exploring Monastic Life program page for more info.
Registration opens April 3. Check the Sravasti Abbey website for registration info.
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