Ethical Conduct in Modern Times
by Venerable Thubten Chodron©
Dharma Friendship Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA
28-29 June 2008

Venerable Chodron discusses the role of ethics for achieving worldly happiness, and also the happiness of liberation and enlightenment. In these two talks she leads guided meditations on ethics exploring what factors in our life influence our ethical values and conduct.

Part 1
[31 minutes] : Download mp3 file
Ven. Chodron discusses how ethical values and conduct are the result of conditioning factors especially while growing up. It is helpful to look at our lives and see how our ethical decisions and conduct are conditioned by our family and environment while growing up. She leads a mediation and discussion to look at these factors in our lives.

Part 2
[50 minutes] : Download mp3 file
After the guided meditation on ethical conditioning, Ven. Chodron continues the discussion on the factors in our lives that lead to our ethical values. She also talks about ethical values on an international level.