Thubten Chodron
Teachings by Venerable Thubten Chodron.
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Through the lens of non-violence
Why embracing non-violence is the key to peace in society.
View PostIs anger beneficial?
Questioning our assumptions about anger, it's causes and consequences.
View PostHow we perceive the world
The second teaching on "Searching for the self" focused on chapter 6 of the text.
View PostWhat’s love got to do with it?
Exploring the true meaning of happiness and how generating love for others helps us to…
View PostBenefits on meditating on the Buddha
Explaining the benefits of meditating on the Buddha and a variety of meditation objects for…
View PostGood Karma: Karmic consequences of taking advantage ...
Examining situations when we are deceived by others and when our efforts are not successful.
View PostGood Karma: Pernicious thoughts
Questions about karma plus verses outlining obstacles to our spiritual practice and peace of mind.
View PostGood Karma: The importance of making offerings
How making offerings benefits us and how self-grasping ignorance causes afflictions to arise.
View PostGood Karma: Karma and the mind’s namtok
Our distorted ways of thinking and how this lead to the creation of negative karma.
View PostGood Karma: Overcoming spiritual obstacles
How contemplating impermanence and the defects of cyclic existence helps to transform our minds.
View PostGood Karma: The four characteristics of karma
How to understand karma in the context of cyclic existence and multiple lifetimes.
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