Thubten Chodron

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Shantideva Teachings in Singapore

Chapter 8: Verses 8-12

How to free yourself from attachment. Commentary on Chapter 8 of "Engaging in the Bodhisattva's…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Open heart, clear mind

Practical advice on how we can apply Buddhist psychology to improve the quality of our…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Question and answers on Dharma and life

Answers to Dharma and personal questions. Topics include aging, issues around sickness, and death and…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Three aspects of the Tathagatagarbha

Explaining the three aspects of the Buddha Essence, from the section "Three Aspects of the…

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New to Buddhism

Working with the eight worldly concerns

A short talk on how to work with the eight worldly concerns: attachment to praise,…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

What obscures our buddha nature

Explaining the remaining five similes, from the section, "Nine Similes for Tathāgatagarbha" and beginning the…

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Living in Community

What if the Buddha were a lay woman?

Questions from the Hamburg Dharma College about Venerable Thubten Chodron's personal practice, monastic life, and…

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Ethics in the Modern World

Kindness in practice

How might we respond with kindness towards others no matter what situations arise?

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Like gold in filth

Explaining the third and fourth similes, from the section “Nine Similes of Tathagatagarbha”, in Chapter…

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Buddhist Worldview

The four thoughts that turn the mind

A series of Buddhist contemplations on the preciousness of our human life, impermanence and death,…

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