Venerable Chodron provides a short history of the issues surrounding ordination for women.
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Bodhisattva versus white supremacist
Venerable Thubten Chodron comments on the Charlottesville protest rally.
“An Open-Hearted Life”: Why we need compassion
In the face of human hardship, compassion is the only response that makes sense. It has a ripple effect touching and influencing the others around us.
Auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints 40-46
The final teaching on the auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints
Motivation to practice
How mindfulness of death and impermanence provides motivation to practice the Dharma, and why we need reasoning and logic as part of our spiritual practice.
Why study debate?
Introduction to the text with an explanation of why we would want to study debate.
The path to awakening
An overview of the path to awakening, focusing on the three principal aspects of the path.
Motivation and choosing our path
The importance of setting a virtuous motivation before engaging in any activities to transform them into causes for happiness, and to propel us along the path.
Auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints 35-39
Teaching on the auxiliary bodhisattva ethical restraints associated with the ethic of benefiting others.
Defining the mind
The Buddhist concepts of karma and rebirth.