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Venerable Thubten Chodron

Pioneering American Buddhist teacher and founder of Sravasti Abbey, currently assisting His Holiness the Dalai Lama with The Library of Wisdom and Compassion book series.

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Letting Go of Worldly Concerns

Watch Venerable Thubten Chodron’s recent talk on releasing our attachment to the eight worldly concerns for Maitreya Instituut in Amsterdam.

Remembering impermanence can help us be emotionally stable. It's certain that things are going to change, and we don't need to be so reactive.”
All day long we're trying to control the world to get what we like and to avoid what we don't like, but we can't take any of it with us when we die.”
If we can hold onto our values then our lives are so much happier. We may not get everything we want, but that's all transient stuff anyhow.”

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Praise and reputation

Looking at the disadvantages of attachment to praise and blame,…

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Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

Tonglen and social problems

Venerable Thubten Chodron talks about tonglen and the issues of…

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Young man wearing black t-shirt with the word 'Ambitious' on it. 21st Century Buddhists

Are Buddhists ambitious?

Ambition and the Buddhist path. Distinguishing between postive and negative…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

A precious opportunity

How to meditate on the eight freedoms and 10 fortunes…

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Antidotes to Afflictions

Meditation on overcoming attachment to reputation

A guided meditation on the eight worldly concerns, focusing on…

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Don't Believe Everything You Think

Reputation and reward

When we desire reward and respect we may manipulate others…

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Latest Posts

Keep up with recent teachings by Venerable Thubten Chodron and other Sravasti Abbey monastics.

Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Equanimity meditation with commentary

Examining our attitudes toward others to develop equanimity.

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Stages of the Path

The nature of generosity

How to generate generosity in one's mind. The subdivisions of…

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Students' Insights

We are the same

After arriving in India at the beginning of the year,…

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Stages of the Path

The six perfections comprise the entire Mahayana

How the six perfections encompass all the Mahayana practices.

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The Six Perfections

The perfection of joyous effort

How to build a strong foundation for our spiritual practice…

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The Six Perfections

Identifying our buttons

Learning to work with our sensitivities and the power of…

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The Six Perfections

Working with suffering

Why fortitude is important and how to work with being…

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Review of the value and intent of monastic life

Reviewing the value and intent of monastic life, from Chapter…

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The Six Perfections

Three kinds of ethical conduct

Three kinds of ethical conduct and eleven groups of people…

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Vajrayana and the Culmination of the Path

The final volume of the Library of Wisdom and Compassion by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Vener...

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Guided Buddhist Meditations

This invaluable resource provides Dharma practitioners with clear explanations of the stages of t...

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Working with Anger

A variety of Buddhist methods for subduing anger, not by changing what is happening, but by worki...

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Buddhism for Beginners

An accessible and engaging introduction to some of the most commonly asked questions about the es...

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Pearl of Wisdom, Book I

A compilation of prayers and practices commonly taught to people beginning to study and practice ...

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Pearl of Wisdom, Book II

An inspiring resource for students who have already entered into the practice of Tibetan Buddhism...

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Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Volume 3 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion addresses the unsatisfactory nature of samsara, ...

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Awaken Every Day

An instant dose of everyday wisdom, these insightful reflections help us understand our minds, ou...

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Open Heart, Clear Mind: Study Guide

A complementary resource to Venerable Chodron’s book, Open Heart, Clear Mind, this study gu...

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