Thubten Chodron
Teachings by Venerable Thubten Chodron.
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Caught in the four currents
Examining the situation for all beings in cyclic existence and how bodhicitta helps.
View PostSuffering is a result of how we think
How seeing the world through the eyes of a victim make us unhappy.
View PostRenunciation, bodhicitta and the wisdom realizing em...
How renunciation, bodhicitta and the wisdom realizing emptiness lead to true happiness.
View PostCompassion in our country
How harming others is actually harming ourselves and the importance of compassion.
View PostBuddhist Monastic Experience
How Tibetan Buddhism can help modern people live ethically and with compassion.
View PostCompassion in the workplace
How to repay the kindness of others using our unique talents and abilities.
View PostMaster the core of practice, rise to the challenge
Reflections on building a vibrant Buddhist community in the modern age.
View PostConducive conditions to develop serenity
Explaining the six essential conditions necessary for developing serenity in retreat, drawing from Indian and…
View PostCommitments and instructions of mind training
The measure of having transformed one’s thoughts, the commitments of thought training, and instructions of…
View PostThe five powers in life and death
Changing adverse circumstances into the path and elucidating a lifetime’s practice.
View PostThe importance of developing serenity
Covering a descriptive definition of serenity, and explaining some of the many benefits of developing…
View PostBodhicitta and working with adversity
Conventional bodhicitta and how it helps us in this time of the five degenerations.
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