video
These are the latest articles with video on this website, but you might be able to find even more recent videos on our YouTube channel. Also watch Venerable Thubten Chodron teaching the Dharma on live video every week.
Latest Posts
View all posts in Venerable Thubten Chodron's teaching archive.
Venerable Thubten Chodron Moving towards our spiritual goals
While it is important to know what we are moving away from in our spiritual…
View Post
Chapter 1: Verses 49-56
Refuting the two extreme views—that things are totally nonexistent or inherently exist. Without abandoning the…
View Post
Cultivating peace from the inside out
How to generate sustainable compassion for social engagement.
View Post
Wisdom and compassion in daily life
How to cultivate kindness towards strangers and even our enemies, and how compassion can improve…
View Post
Venerable Thubten Tarpa Mind is the source of happiness and suffering
Creating emotional space from situations we find disturbing so as to transform our negative emotions.
View Post
The qualities of spiritual mentors and students
The qualities to look for in a spiritual mentor and the qualities to develop from…
View Post
Chapter 1: Verses 45-48
Refuting inherent existence eliminates grasping at true existence and leads to liberation. Refuting inherent existence…
View Post
Words of advice
Advice for monastics and the completion of the commentary on the ethical conduct chapter in…
View Post
Stopping the harm: Practicing ethical conduct
How the practice of ethical conduct is necessary for us to have a sense of…
View Post
The purpose of monastic life
What it means to fulfill the purpose of monastic life. Guarding the mind from the…
View Post
How to listen to and explain the Dharma teachings
The states of mind to cultivate when listening to Dharma teachings. The attitudes we should…
View Post
A monastic community
How community life is integral to monastic training. The value of monastic community and how…
View Post