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Teachings on the mental affliction of anxiety, including its causes and antidotes.
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Venerable Thubten Jigme We all can overcome our wrong views
A story of a man who used to be a white supremacist and transformed his…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Bodhisattva versus white supremacist
Venerable Thubten Chodron comments on the Charlottesville protest rally.
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Why we need compassion
In the face of human hardship, compassion is the only response that makes sense. It…
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Identifying the real source of our difficulties
Seeing self-centeredness and self-grasping as the source of our problems and counteracting them to find…
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Influencing and benefitting others
The second of three talks based on the book “Good Karma: How to Create the…
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Attributes of true origins: Conditions
How craving and karma function as conditions that create suffering in cyclic existence as well.
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Attributes of true dukkha: Impermanence
How to meditate on coarse and subtle impermanence.
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Responding to the election results
Venerable Thubten Chodron responds to the results of the presidential election.
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Respect for common American values
A reflection on the controversy around athletes' recent protests of the killings of black men.
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Seeking unity, not division
Venerable Thubten Chodron shares on "The Thin Blue Line Between Us," a news article by…
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Cultivating equanimity in a time of violence
A response to a student's letter on the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile,…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Quieting the mind after the news
A meditation on Chenrezig in the wake of the past week's shootings of black men…
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