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Monastic Life

Being easy to speak to

Being humble means respecting and appreciating different ways of thinking.

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Monastic Life

Skillfully connecting with others

Being mindful of our speech and movements is essential to benefiting others.

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Monastic Life

Being mindful of our precepts and values

Our real practice is to reformat how we think and then change our lives.

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Monastic Life

Imbued with the Buddhist worldview

How the monastic mind is imbued with the Buddhist worldview and differs from worldly values.

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Monastic Life

Being mindful of the kindness of others

Being aware of the kindness of others inspires us to develop patience and tolerance.

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21st Century Buddhists

21st-century Buddhists

Ethical conduct and compassion are the keys to happiness for ourselves and for all sentient…

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Dharma Poetry

I love problems

Making up a list of things to fix (in other people). Is this where joy…

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Harmony with the Environment

Caring for our only home

It is important to care for the environment we live in, not only for our…

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Venerable Chodron smiling while sitting in front of a large TV screen showing Zoom participants.
21st Century Buddhists

Buddhism, modernism and mindfulness

A discussion on topics including Buddhist and secular mindfulness, the value of monasticism, and the…

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Tibetan Tradition

The rise of women in Buddhism: Has the ice been broken?

In this panel discussion recorded in 2014, Venerable Thubten Chodron and others consider the problems…

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Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2020-21

Emptiness and conceptual designation

Applying emptiness to view events the events of 2020 including the pandemic. The four opponent…

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