Thubten Chodron

Teachings by Venerable Thubten Chodron.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2023

Explanation of the general confession

The General Confession line by line, reminding us that there’s not a single day that…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2023

The Buddha’s life story part 2

Continues with the Buddha’s life story, and discusses the motivation for ordaining.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2023

The Buddha’s life story part 1

How the Buddha’s life story parallels our own story of spiritual yearning.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Cultivating excellent qualities

Describing the three factors that make the cultivation of excellent qualities, reviewing the sections, "Excellent…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Friends who give bad advice

How habitual disturbing emotions are like friends giving bad advice.

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Dharma in Daily Life

Transforming knowledge into action

Practices we can do in daily life to integrate the Dharma. The perfection of joyous…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

The potential for liberation

Explaining the obscurations to the mind and factors for liberation, reviewing the sections, "The Mind's…

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Q&A with Clear Mountain Monastery

Question and answer with Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho of Clear Mountain Monastery in Seattle,…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Enough childish behavior!

Shantideva on giving up childish behavior and following in the steps of the wise

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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2023

A life without guilt and blame

How to gain a valid sense of self-esteem while also learning how to evaluate ourselves…

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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2023

What does it mean to be a good person?

The importance of having a good motivation in all that we do, and how self-centeredness…

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Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2023

Our identity crisis

How social media is affecting personal identities plus personal experiences with identity.

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