Thubten Chodron

Teachings by Venerable Thubten Chodron.

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A Presentation of the Establishment of Mindfulness

The four objects of mindfulness

Introduction to the four establishments of mindfulness including the four objects and the common manner…

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Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Transforming anxiety and depression in a rapidly cha...

Discussion of the source of anxiety and related emotions and some practical antidotes to counteract…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

The kindness of others

Continued explanation of the nine-point meditation on equalizing self and others with the three points…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

We are all equal

Explanation of the first three points of the nine-point meditation on equalizing self and others.

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Volume 5 In Praise of Great Compassion

Generosity of the heart

How to cultivate the four brahmaviharas or divine abodes of love, compassion, empathetic joy, and…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Empathic distress

How compassion can fall into empathic distress, or compassion fatigue, when our focus turns from…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Everyone wants happiness

Explanation of the nine-point equalizing self and other meditation, covering point 1, how everyone equally…

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Venerable Chodron in front of the wooden Kuan Yin statue in Chenrezig Hall.
Cultivating Compassion

Compassion manifesting in skillful means

An article about compassion and skillful means as an expression of compassion published in Mindfulness.

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