Every morning we set a motivation and think that today, the most important thing I must do is to guard my body, speech and mind so that I do not harm anybody through what I do, what I say, or even what I think. That is the most important thing — more important than... read more
A group of us at the Abbey were talking about what had originally brought us to the Buddha’s teachings. It was interesting to hear that, in one way or another, we all came to the Dharma because of deep admiration for the loving, compassionate motivation of bodhicitta.... read more
Think about how we express ourselves when we are angry. It is fine to let others know that we are angry, we do not need to stuff it down, but we need to be careful about how we express the anger. If we own our anger and just say such and such happened, or you did this... read more
The Buddha spoke of gross impermanence and subtle impermanence. Gross impermanence refers to the big changes that we can see. Death is part of gross impermanence, as are all the changes that we see and know. Then there is subtle impermanence, the momentary change that... read more
When my friend comes along and says, “Oh, Chodron! Are you angry? Are you upset? Is something wrong?” In my mind, I go, “No! I’m not angry! Get out of here! Mind your own business!”At that moment, what I really want inside more than anything is to be able to connect... read more
