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Ethics in the Modern World

What is Happiness? (Part 3)

Happiness comes from our perspective, not from external sense objects or people.

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Group of people sitting in a crowded auditorium watching a presentation on a large screen.
Monastic Life

The 18th Sakyadhita conference

The 18th Sakyadhita Conference took place in Seoul, Korea, June 23–27, 2023. I did not…

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Guest read Dharma books on the Chenrezig Hall deck.
Teachings

Reading list

An extensive bibliography of resources for further study.

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Western Monastics

Western Buddhist nuns in the Tibetan tradition

Venerable Chodron explores the history of Buddhist nuns in the West through her own experiences,…

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Monastic Life

Imbued with the Buddhist worldview

How the monastic mind is imbued with the Buddhist worldview and differs from worldly values.

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Tibetan Tradition

The rise of women in Buddhism: Has the ice been broken?

In this panel discussion recorded in 2014, Venerable Thubten Chodron and others consider the problems…

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A group of monastics and laypeople practicing in the meditation hall at Sravasti Abbey.
Dharma in Action

Buddhist religious practitioners should serve as soc...

In an interview with Dharma Drum Mountain, Venerable Chodron explains how the monastics of Sravasti…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints 7-12

Teaching on the auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints focusing on those which aid the perfection of…

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Venerable Damcho smiling and holding one of the texts.
Life at Sravasti Abbey

No small thing: Encouragement from China

The Abbey celebrates the arrival of 32 volumes of the annotated edition of the Nanshan…

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Travels

Reflections from Asian teaching tour

Venerables Thubten Chodron and Thubten Damcho share their experience on a recent trip, traveling throughout…

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