An interview with Venerable Chodron with nuns from Shide Nunnery in Germany about the mindful running of a nunnery.
Tag Archives | Thubten Chodron
Tantra and Buddhist canons
Briefly covering tantra and beginning a section on the content of the three extant Buddhist canons.
The seven jewels of the aryas: Ethical conduct
The importance of ethical conduct, the second Jewel of the aryas, and how hurting others hurts us too.
Challengers and defenders
Beginning to teach Chapter 16, ‘Challengers and Defenders’, which focuses on the two key roles in a structured debate in the Indian and Tibetan system.
Chinese New Year Tsog motivation
A brief motivation given before a ceremony on Chinese New Year’s day in honor of the Abbey’s friends in Singapore.
The seven jewels of the aryas: Faith
Venerable Thubten Chodron talks about faith, the first jewel of the aryas, and its three kinds: appreciative, aspiring, and faith that comes from conviction.
The growth of the Mahayana
Teaching on how the Mahayana sutras first appeared, gained popularity and became the focus of a body of practitioners who called themselves ‘Mahayanists.’
Choosing your debate partner
Covering Chapter 15 on the topic of “Choosing Your Debate Partner” and becoming a suitable debate partner ourselves.
Early Buddhism in Sri Lanka
Covering the section “Early Buddhism in Sri Lanka” in Chapter 4.
Agent, action, and object
Finishing Chapter 13 “Valid Cognition” and covering Chapter 14 “The Three Spheres of Agent, Object, and Action.”