In person, she's a radiant and calming presence, still and collected and almost always smiling her knowledge and wisdom are impressive in their depth, and she's just as good at explaining things verbally as she is on paper. Janet was the one who brought me to the dharma, but Chodron has been instrumental in helping me to understand it through her books ( Dealing with Life's Issues: A Buddhist Perspective, a brand new dharma book available for free distribution, was released in time for her visit this week, and I'm looking forward to it). I've talked here about Chodron before, mostly in relation to her books Open Heart, Clear Mind and How to Free Your Mind, and how her writing has clearly explained some very complex concepts about Buddhism to a Western audience. She's also leading a two-day workshop (back at Tai Pei) on the Yoga Method of Chenrezig today and tomorrow, and we (Janet, her dad, and I) will be leaving for that soon. JlundbergThis whole past week (except for Monday), I've had the pleasure to attend dharma talks by Venerable Thubten Chodron (visiting from Sravasti Abbey in Washington State) at both the Tai Pei Buddhist Centre in Lavender (teachings on Shantideva's A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life chapter 3, "Full Acceptance of the Awakening Mind"), and the Buddhist Library in Geylang ("Creating Peace in our Daily Life").
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