Venerable Thubten Chodron
Pioneering American Buddhist teacher and founder of Sravasti Abbey, currently assisting His Holiness the Dalai Lama with The Library of Wisdom and Compassion book series.
Activities of a Buddha
You might wonder, “Knowing the qualities of a buddha—the ten powers and the various buddha bodies—how does this relate to my daily life?” Listen as Venerable Chodron explains the strong connection between this knowledge and daily life by focusing us on “Who do we really want to become?” and gives us an image, a role model, of where we’re going in our spiritual practice and of how we ultimately want to be.
Meditation
Setting up a daily practice
Steps to take to establish a regular meditation practice.
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Essence of a Human Life
Moving towards our spiritual goals
While it is important to know what we are moving…
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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience
Overcoming the five hindrances to concentration
The antidotes for the five hindrances to developing meditative concentration.
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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta
Verse 6-2: Consideration for others
Abandoning negativities out of care, affection, consideration, and an awareness…
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Buddhist Meditation 101
Meditation 101: Advice for daily meditation practice
Advice for establishing a daily meditation practice and the four…
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Meditation
Conventional and ultimate bodhicitta
An in-depth discussion of the two types of bodhicitta: conventional…
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Stages of the Path
Venerable Sangye Khadro Contemplating the lower realms
Explaining the suffering of hell beings, animals and hungry ghosts,…
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Stages of the Path
Only dharma will benefit at death
Describing the last 3 points of the nine-point death meditation,…
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Stages of the Path
Death is definite but time is uncertain
Explaining the first six points of the nine-point death meditation,…
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Stages of the Path
Mindfulness of death, faults and benefits
Completing Chapter 7, explaining the purpose of the gradual training…
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Stages of the Path
Three types of persons
Explaining the three levels of practitioners and the reasons for…
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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature
Venerable Thubten Chodron Awareness of our buddha nature eliminates hindrances
Concluding teaching from the text, "Samsara, Nirvana and Buddha Nature",…
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Stages of the Path
Great value and rarity of a precious rebirth
Explaining the great value and the difficulty in having a…
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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature
Causal clear light mind
Describing the clear and cognizant nature of the mind and…
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Stages of the Path
Identifying 18 freedoms and endowments, their great ...
Explaining 8 freedoms and 10 endowments for a precious human…
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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions
This unique text maps out the convergence and divergence of the two major Buddhist movements—the ...
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Courageous Compassion
The 6th book in the multi-volume collection and the 2nd devoted to compassion. Courageous Compass...
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Appearing and Empty
In this third and final volume on emptiness, the authors impart the Prasangika view of the ultima...
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Awaken Every Day
An instant dose of everyday wisdom, these insightful reflections help us understand our minds, ou...
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Working with Anger
A variety of Buddhist methods for subduing anger, not by changing what is happening, but by worki...
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Buddhism for Beginners
An accessible and engaging introduction to some of the most commonly asked questions about the es...
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Gavin Discovers the Secret to Happiness
A book enjoyable and beneficial for all ages, Gavin Discovers the Secret to Happiness has much to...
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Refuge Resource Book
A collection of articles compiled by Venerable Thubten Chodron as a resource for preparing to tak...
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Pearl of Wisdom, Book I
A compilation of prayers and practices commonly taught to people beginning to study and practice ...
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