Thubten Chodron
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Teaching in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
A 16-city teaching tour in Eastern Europe in 1994 reveals the optimism and difficulties experienced…
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Forgetting the object of meditation
Forgetting the object of meditation as an obstacle to calm abiding and mindfulness as its…
View Post Objects of meditation and deterrents
Continuing to look at objects of calm-abiding meditation and the first of the five deterrents:…
View Post Objects of meditation
Examining the various objects of calm abiding meditation taught by the Buddha.
View Post Preparing for calm abiding meditation
Establishing the six conducive conditions for calm abiding meditation and advice on doing retreat.
View Post The four factors of gathering disciples
The four ways of gathering disciples, also know as the four ways to ripen others'…
View Post Training in calm abiding
Introduction to the source of the teachings on calm abiding, its etymology, definition and explanation,…
View Post Ripening the minds of others
What it means for a spiritual mentor to ripen the mind of the sentient being.
View Post Perfections of concentration and wisdom
Examining the three types of meditative stabilization and the four types of wisdom.
View Post Complementary nature of the perfections
Examining how each of the six far-reaching practices work together to complement and support each…
View Post Cultivating joy and rest
A look at the last two of the four aspects of joyous effort: joy and…
View Post The four aspects of joyous effort
Examining the first two of the four aspects of joyous effort: Aspiration and steadfastness.
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