Thubten Chodron
Teachings by Venerable Thubten Chodron.
Latest Posts
View all posts in Venerable Thubten Chodron's teaching archive.
Deity yoga: You are Tara
An overview of where the Green Tara practice fits in Buddhist practice, followed by an…
View PostCrises in monastic life
Exploring the practice of fortitude in terms of working with various crises that can arise…
View Post100,000 Bows Toward Full Awakening
A wide-ranging Q&A session on spiritual practice with two monks from Clear Mountain Monastery.
View PostEmpathy and humor
The importance of offering empathy to ourselves and others to bring connection and ease of…
View PostThe root of samsara
Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, explaining how different tenet systems describe what is the root…
View PostAttachment and anger
Commenting on Verses 66-74 of Chapter 6, discussing the relationship between attachment and anger and…
View PostFirst-link ignorance
Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, explaining the specific scope of the first-link, ignorance and the…
View PostCreating vision as a leader: a Buddhist perspective
How a leader can create an vision for an organization that that helps everyone work…
View PostCounteracting anger
Covering Verses 62-66, leading a discussion on working with the self-centered thought and describing more…
View PostApplying karma to our lives
Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, applying karma to the recent trial and describing the Rice…
View PostDebating with anger
Beginning with a review of Verses 42-50, and then leading us in a debate between…
View Post