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Venerable Thubten Chodron

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

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Boundless Joy

Watch Venerable Thubten Chodron’s recent talk on boundless joy for Buddhism.net’s “Vibe with Venerables” series.

When we compare ourselves to other people, we usually wind up with either arrogance, thinking we're better, or jealousy, thinking we're worse. Neither of those is virtuous.”
The jealous mind is so nasty because it wants to take away somebody else's happiness. It's not just wanting the same happiness they have; it's not wanting them to be happy at all.”
Even though we may initially feel that we are deprived of the happiness that they are experiencing, we should rejoice if we really mean what we say in our prayers for them.”

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Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

The dead end of jealousy

Comparing ourselves to others, and checking up to see what…

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Antidotes to Afflictions

Meditation on antidotes to jealousy

A guided meditation on identifying the faults of jealousy and…

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Guided Meditations

Freeing yourself from jealousy

A meditation on working with jealousy on the Daily Dharma…

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Becoming a Monastic

Dismantling identities

Venerable Thubten Kunga describes how living at Sravasti Abbey supports…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Six root afflictions: Conceit and comparing

Comparing ourselves to others leads to conceit whereas accepting ourselves…

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Contentment and Happiness

The formula for happiness

In searching for happiness we need to cultivate our ability…

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Latest Posts

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Stages of the Path

The perfection of meditative stabilization

Overview of the perfection of concentration.

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The Six Perfections

Boundless joy

How jealousy prevents us from developing joy and what we…

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Volume 8 Realizing the Profound View

Does the world exist objectively?

How the self and phenomena appear to exist and an…

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Stages of the Path

Three types of discouragement

Overcoming three types of discouragement and practicing the four powers.

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Dharma in Daily Life

Q & A with the Heart of Tibetan Language class

A Q & A session exploring Dharma in daily life,…

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A Nun's Life

Light: On Spiritual Women

Spotlight on the life and aspirations of a Buddhist nun,…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2025

Offering our service

How to transform "work" into an offering to the Three…

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Working with Anger

Is anger useful?

Investigating claims that anger is useful or necessary.

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Working with Anger

Meditation on the benefits of fortitude

Guided analytical meditation looking at the advantages of patience.

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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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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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Driving the Dharma Home

Just as a driver’s manual steers us to travel safely, “Driving the Dharma Home”...

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How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path

Deepen your meditation by diving into the lamrim—the stages of the path to enlightenment. This bo...

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Searching for the Self

Volume 7 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion explores emptiness and leads us to delve deeply ...

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365 Gems of Wisdom

Reflections by Venerable Thubten Chodron and other Sravasti Abbey monastics to guide us in settin...

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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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Book cover of Transforming Adversity

Transforming Adversity into Joy and Courage

An inspiring commentary on The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas by Khensur Jampa Tegchok. C...

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