Thubten Chodron

Teachings by Venerable Thubten Chodron.

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Love and Self-esteem

What’s love got to do with it?

Exploring the true meaning of happiness and how generating love for others helps us to…

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Benefits on meditating on the Buddha

Explaining the benefits of meditating on the Buddha and a variety of meditation objects for…

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

Karmic consequences of taking advantage of others

Examining situations when we are deceived by others and when our efforts are not successful.

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

Pernicious thoughts

Questions about karma plus verses outlining obstacles to our spiritual practice and peace of mind.

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

The importance of making offerings

How making offerings benefits us and how self-grasping ignorance causes afflictions to arise.

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

Karma and the mind’s namtok

Our distorted ways of thinking and how this lead to the creation of negative karma.

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

Overcoming spiritual obstacles

How contemplating impermanence and the defects of cyclic existence helps to transform our minds.

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Good Karma Annual Retreat

The four characteristics of karma

How to understand karma in the context of cyclic existence and multiple lifetimes.

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Objects for developing serenity

Continuing with observed objects for developing serenity, explaining three sections from Chapter 6: Objects for…

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Harmony with the Environment

Power of water, power of the mind

The importance of caring for our planet out of respect for those who depend on…

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