Thubten Chodron

Teachings by Venerable Thubten Chodron.

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Seven-point Mind Training

Establishing selflessness

Three mistaken approaches to determining selflessness and the order for establishing selflessness.

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Six perfections and three higher trainings

What makes the three higher trainings higher--rather than just ordinary--is the long-term motivation of attaining…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Higher training in ethics

How ethical discipline is the foundation on which concentration and wisdom are built. Taking precepts…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Ethics, concentration, and wisdom

Practicing the three higher trainings, which are practices imbued with refuge in the Three Jewels…

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Seven-point Mind Training

The root of samsara

How things and self are merely imputed by thought and how ignorance is the root…

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Image of Shakyamuni Buddha
Texts to Recite and Contemplate

Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha

Paying homage to Shakyamuni Buddha before receiving teachings. The chant was recorded by the Sravasti…

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Rosewood mala, with a paper of Four Noble Truths described on it.
Prayers and Practices

Various mantras

Recitations to bless to bless the feet, the rosary, and the speech. Recited during the…

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A statue of Kuan Yin in contemplation seated on a piece of wooden bark.
Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

The inspiring verses for how to change our habitual ways of thinking by Geshe Langri…

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Copper monk sitting in a praying position.
Prayers and Practices

Long life prayers

Prayers for the long lives of our spiritual mentors and for Sravasti Abbey to continue…

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Venerable Yeshe recicting verses with a prayer book.
Prayers and Practices

Selected dedication verses

Dedication prayers to direct the energy of our actions towards liberation and full awakening.

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Venerable Thubten Chodron lighting a candle.
Prayers and Practices

Mandala offering, refuge and bodhicitta

Taking refuge, generating bodhicitta, and making mandala offering before and after teachings. Chants recorded by…

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