Thubten Chodron
It can be hard for those of us living in the twenty-first century to see how fourteenth-century Buddhist teachings still apply. When youâ€™re trying to figure out which cell phone plan to buy or brooding about something someone wrote about you on Facebook, lines like â€œWhile the enemy of your own anger is unsubdued, though you conquer external foes, they will only increaseâ€ can seem a little obscure. ,Thubten Chodronâ€™s illuminating explication of Togmay Zangpoâ€™s revered text, ,The Thirty-seven Practices of Bodhisattvas,, doesnâ€™t just explain its profound meaning; in dozens of passages she lets her students and colleagues share first-person stories of the ways that its teachings have changed their lives. Some bear witness to dramatic transformationsâ€”making friends with an enemy prisoner-of-war, finding peace after the murder of a loved oneâ€”while others tell of smaller lessons, like waiting for something to happen or coping with a minor injury.
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Don't Believe Everything You Think: Living with Wisdom and Compassion