Thubten chodron biography of alberta

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By Ven. Thubten Samten

I want to die. The suffering inom cannot take. Will the Buddha naturlig eller utan tillsats protect my three small children from harm?

There are situations in life when we experience the most painful mental suffering. One may doubt that one has the capacity to bear the suffering; history has demonstrated repeatedly that we have and can call forth great resiliency in the face of tremendous obstacles. We all have this kind of inner strength.

We are all deeply connected to all living beings and each individual’s actions of body, speech and mind have tremendous impact on others, often in ways we are unaware of.

The greatest gift you can give to your children fryst vatten to model how to move through the pain and difficulties that komma with living. It fryst vatten our responsibility to care for ourselves and learn to grow self-compassion so that we can then reac

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Ask A Buddhist: Entering Monastic Life

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By Ven. Thubten Samten

How do I determine if I should enter monastic life?

Our motivation for becoming ordained is crucial, so it is most important to think deeply about why you want to consider exploring such a path.

If you are very new to Buddhism it is better to wait and develop a spiritual practice by making the effort to attend a number of teachings by different teachers as we need to find a teacher that is a good fit for us. Ask people if they know of a teacher that they can recommend. You may consider driving up to Sravasti Abbey for a retreat to hear the teachings from Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron. You may also want to attend teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama or great masters of  other Buddhist traditions. You can find out where His Holiness is teaching by checking his website.

If you have not spent time at a monastery, it is

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Equanimity in daily life

Venerable Thubten Samten

Venerable Samten met Venerable Chodron in 1996 when the future Venerable Chonyi took the future Ven. Samten to a Dharma talk at Dharma Friendship Foundation. The talk on the kindness of others and the way it was presented is deeply etched in her mind. Four Cloud Mountain retreats with Ven. Chodron, eight months in India and Nepal studying the Dharma, one month of offering service at Sravasti Abbey, and a two month retreat at Sravasti Abbey in 2008, fueled the fire to ordain. This took place August 26, 2010 (see photos). This was followed by full ordination in Taiwan in March, 2012 (see photos), becoming Sravasti Abbey's sixth bhikshuni. Right after finishing a Bachelor of Music degree, Ven. Samten moved to Edmonton to pursue training as a corporeal mime artist. Five years later, a return to university to obtain Bachelor of Education degree opened the door to teaching for the Edmonton Public School board as a music teacher. Concur